Palliative care education for physicians and healthcare professionals

Stopping the Revolving Door: Strategies to Break the Cycle of Readmission in End-Stage Illness

As a healthcare professional, you can help break the cycle of readmission for patients with progressive, end-stage illness – a cycle that stresses these patients, their family members, healthcare workers, and the healthcare system. In this presentation, you’ll gain an understanding of palliative care and learn the difference between hospice and palliative care. You’ll learn four key steps to discuss treatment options and care preferences for seriously ill, hospitalized patients, And you’ll discover how interdisciplinary supportive services can help reduce unwanted hospitalizations for patients with end-stage illness. To schedule this presentation, contact us at (303) 398-6326 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Drawing Lines in End-of-Life Care: Ethical Principles and Colorado Law

This presentation offers a rare opportunity to examine end-of-life care as it relates to ethics and Colorado law. You’ll learn the three common advance directives and how professionals in Colorado determine surrogate decision-makers in the absence of a pre-defined surrogate. You’ll understand current ethical consensus and Colorado law regarding withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining therapies, including nutrition and hydration. And you’ll review the key features of Colorado law that address the provision of palliative care in patients with terminal illness. To schedule this presentation, contact us at (303) 398-6326 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Derailing the “Do Everything” Directive: Negotiating Code Status in End-Stage Illness

How do patients’ cultural beliefs influence their willingness to participate in discussions of resuscitation preferences? Using the four key steps in the DNR discussion, you’ll be able to hold open discussions with patients and their families, so they can arrive at an educated decision regarding this directive. In addition, this presentation discusses the current survival rates and outcomes for in-hospital CPR. To schedule this presentation, contact us at (303) 398-6326 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Using Opioids in Complex Illness: Ten Common Mistakes

What is the difference between physical dependence, addiction, pseudoaddiction, and tolerance? How do you select, dose, and titrate an opioid for acute pain in the context of normal and abnormal renal and hepatic function? In this presentation, you’ll learn the key steps to select, dose, and titrate an opioid; convert a patient from one opioid to another; and adjust for incomplete cross-tolerance. In addition, you’ll identify management strategies for four common side effects of opioids. To schedule this presentation, contact us at (303) 398-6326 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Managing Common and Distressing Symptoms in Advanced Illness

In this presentation, you’ll learn the four key steps to assess and manage the most common and distressing symptoms that patients and healthcare professionals battle during advanced illness. You’ll learn the first-line pharmacologic therapy for refractory dyspnea and understand the rationale for targeted pharmacological therapy for refractory nausea. Plus, you’ll be able to identify fundamental strategies to manage opioid-induced constipation. To schedule this presentation, contact us at (303) 398-6326 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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