Presenting Faculty
Bethany Cox Snider, MD HMDC FACP FAAHPM
Session Overview
This session examines prognostication and disease trajectories across common serious illness conditions, emphasizing clinical reasoning and decision‑making that directly affect patients and families.
What Learners Will Gain
Learners will self‑report the ability to apply, analyze, and evaluate prognostic information and disease natural history when making diagnostic and clinical decisions in serious and complex illness.
Conditions Addressed:
• Cardiovascular disease
• Pulmonary disease
• Multi‑organ dysfunction syndrome
• Acute neurologic disease
• Neurodegenerative disease
• Frailty syndrome
• Multimorbidity
• Renal failure
• Liver disease
• Unintentional injury and trauma
Key Cross‑Cutting Concepts
• Prognostic accuracy and influencing factors
• Disease trajectory and expected clinical course
• Impact on patient and family decision‑making