Program Description: 

Together In Care is a year-long webinar based educational series focused on neonatal-perinatal palliative care concepts for neonatal teams. Our goals include equipping neonatal team members with the competencies and comfort to utilize primary palliative care skills and recognize when to collaborate with specialty palliative care. 

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • NPs
  • PAs
  • Nurses
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

1.    Identify indicators that a neonate is ready for palliative care transition from the NICU to home, hospice, or another hospital unit.
 
2.    Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the interdisciplinary team in coordinating seamless palliative care transitions.
 
3.    Describe the essential components of a comprehensive transition plan, including symptom management, equipment needs, and caregiver education.
 
4.    Demonstrate effective communication strategies for discussing care transitions with families.
 
5.    Recognize potential barriers to successful transition and formulate strategies to address them (e.g., insurance issues, home care availability, emotional readiness).
 

Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Erin Rholl, MD., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics 
Attending Physician, Neonatology & Pediatric Palliative Care 
Medical College of Wisconsin 
 
Planning Committee:
Erin Rholl, MD
Christine Pazandak, MD
Gretell Gomez, MD
Carrie Hecox, NP
Sara Anderson, NP
 

Activity Speaker:

Renee Denise Boss, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
 

Cecilia Kwak, MD
Instructor
Division of Neonatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Attending Physician
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Attending Physician 
Bayview Medical Center

Christine Pazandak MD, MSCI, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
UT Southwestern
AAP TECaN Co- Vice Chair for National Advocacy Campaign 

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 
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  • Renee Denise Boss, MD, MHS
  • Cecilia Kwak, MD
  • Christine Pazandak MD, MSCI, MPH
  • Erin Rholl, MD., M.A.
  • Gretell Gomez, MD
  • Carrie Hecox, NP
  • Sara Anderson, NP

Contact

Name: 
Jaclyn Luckow
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 266-6820
Email: 
[email protected]

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

 

Nurse Practitioner:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 1.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.

 

Nursing:

Children’s Wisconsin is approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association as a provider of nursing and continuing professional development and is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who participate and complete an evaluation are awarded 1.0 nursing contact hours

MOC Part II:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Participation shared with ABP through PARS:

Individual participants’ information will be shared with ABP through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

Session date: 
07/22/2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm CDT
Location: 
Virtual
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 0.00 NP Pharmacology
    NP Pharmacology credit.
  • 1.00 NP Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Nurse - Contact Hours
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