Education at Your Fingertips:
Self-Study Resources
Although our live meetings and courses offer the opportunity for intensive, engaging education alongside your peers and delivered by subject matter experts, we imagine most of your learning occurs out of the classroom.
We continuously review, revise, and create high-quality educational resources you can access when and where you live and workâon your time, in your location.
Essential Practices of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Essential Practices of Hospice and Palliative Medicine provides a critical foundation for healthcare practitioners and practitioners in training who want to incorporate the principles of hospice and palliative medicine into their daily practice. All 9 modules are paperback books. You can also purchase online, confidence-based learning modules that offer CME credits.
Primer of Palliative Care, 6th Ed.
The Primer of Palliative Care is a comprehensive introductory text essential for all healthcare providers interested in hospice and palliative care. The 6th edition includes chapters on pain management, dyspnea, caring during the last hours of life, pediatrics, and more. This book comes in softcover format.
NOTE: A new edition will be released in March at the 2019 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. Be on the look out for the Primer of Palliative Care, 7th edition.
HPM PASS
For physicians seeking an individualized assessment of their knowledge in hospice and palliative medicine or preparing for the ABMS or AOA certification exams in HPM, HPM PASS, 3rd Edition is a 150-item online practice test designed to simulate an electronic test format. This tools content is based on the ABIM and AOA content blueprints for the certification examination.
HPM FAST
For a more focused assessment, we offer four mini practice tests with the HPM FAST modules. Focusing on four critical topics in the field, HPM FAST modules are 25-item online practice tests to offer additional educational content on multiple topic areas. Each module also offers CME and MOC.
Hospice Medical Director Manual
Hospice medical directors require a unique subset of knowledge to meet the requirements of their critical role effectively. The Hospice Medical Director Manual, 3rd Edition is a must-have reference book for hospice medical directors or those interested in the role. This book comes in softcover format.
HMD PREP
HMD PREP is a practice test and web-based certification exam simulation for the HMDCB certification exam. Comprising 75, multiple-choice, exam-style questions, HMD PREP is the first-stop resource for assessing your knowledge in hospice practice and guiding your study for the certification exam.
REMS
As part of the Collaborative for REMS Education (CO*RE), AAHPM is pleased to offer free REMS education for providers of extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics. This three-part program is intended to be fully compliant with the ER/LA Opioid Analgesics REMS education requirements issued by the FDA and offers CME/CE credits.
Recordings
AAHPM's recording library of webinars, Assembly, and courses provides you with on-the-go education in both audio and synchronized PowerPoint/audio sessions.
AAHPM was awarded accreditation with commendation as a provider of CME for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through November 30, 2021.