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GENERAL
INFORMATION
Continuing
Education Credit
City
of Hope National Medical Center is accredited by the
Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME)
for physicians. As an organization accredited for continuing
education, City of Hope National Medical Center designates
this CME activity as meeting the criteria for 20.6
hours of Category I of the Physician's Recognition Award.
Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that
are actually spent at the educational activity.
Faculty
disclosure: Current guidelines state that participants
in CME activities should be aware of any affiliation
of financial interest that could affect the speaker's
presentation(s). The speakers have completed a financial
disclosure form, and those potential conflicts will
be listed in the syllabus.
Note:
For California physicians, this course meets the mandatory
continuing education requirements of AB487 (Oct 5, 2001)
for education in pain management and treatment of terminally
ill and dying patients.
Provider
approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13380,
for 20.6 hours of continuing education. No partial credit
will be given, must attend all three days to receive
20.6 contact hours.
This
course meets the qualification for 20.6 hours of continuing
education credit for MFCCs and/or LCSWs as required
by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (Provider
#PCE2401) No partial credit will be given, must attend
all three days to receive 20.6 contact hours.
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Time
and Location of Second Annual Course
Thursday, April 14 - Saturday April 16, 2005
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Pasadena Hilton Hotel
168 S. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Registration
Fee
Not
Applicable
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Eligibility
Requirements
- An
interest in improving end-of-life care within the
cancer center.
- A
full or part-time position in the cancer center.
- Two
letters of institutional support.
- Two
person team made up of either two from tier I or one
from tier I and one from tier II.
- Tier
I = Administrator, physician, registered nurse,
social worker.
- Tier
II = Psychologist, pharmacist, rehabilitation
professional, clergy.
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One team per institution
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Expectations
of Applicants Selected to Participate in the Course
- Commitment
to improving end-of-life care in the cancer center.
- Attend
course all three days.
- Participate
as a two person team in the development of pre-course
institutional goals and immediate, six month, twelve
month, and eighteen month post-course evaluation.
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Accommodations
Pasadena
Hilton Hotel
168 S Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626)577-1000
1-800-445-8667
$145
single or double, plus applicable tax, per night.
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For
more information about City Of Hope, check our web site:
www.cityofhope.org
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Disseminating
End-of-Life Education to Cancer
Centers
