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Intensive Review Course

Omni Hotel
August 8-10, 2024
Louisville, KY

AAHPM’s Intensive Review Course is designed to facilitate a framework for physicians to prepare for the hospice and palliative medicine certification board examination as outlined in the current Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certification Examination Blueprint.

This intensive review is further intended to advance the knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical judgment skills, attitudes, and strategies of physicians and advanced practice providers practicing hospice and palliative medicine.

Content is focused on the ability to make appropriate diagnostic and clinical decisions that have important consequences for patients and families experiencing serious and complex illnesses.

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About the Intensive Review Course

The Intensive Review Course is designed to support the learner’s self-assessment of individualized strengths and weaknesses of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for further development to improve practice outcomes in patient palliative and hospice care delivery.

This course is planned for in-person attendance with supplemental on-demand self-study accredited activities for comprehensive study. The course will be recorded and planned to be released to registered attendees when available from the post-recording production team.

Desired Learning Outcomes

Learners will self-report the ability to apply, analyze and evaluate the following:

  1. Individualized strengths and weaknesses of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for further development to improve practice outcomes in patient palliative and hospice care delivery.
  2. Diagnostic and clinical decisions that have important consequences for patients and families experiencing serious and complex illnesses.

Content includes immersive discussions on:

  • Prognostication and Natural History of Serious and Complex Illness
  • Medicare Hospice Benefit
  • Comprehensive Whole-Patient Assessment
  • Management of Suffering and Distress
  • Palliative Care Emergencies and Refractory Symptoms
  • Management of Medical Interventions
  • Impending Death and the Death Event
  • Management of Medical Interventions for Cancer Related Symptoms
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • High Yield Pediatrics
  • Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Quality, Compliance and Professionalism
  • Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care

  Registration Type and Rates

Review the registration rates below.

  • AAHPM Member - $1,445
  • Nonmember - $1,755

Premium seating - an additional fee of $235 includes a comfortable and spacious seating at the front of the room, a power strip for phone and computer chargers, a bag of goodies from AAHPM, water, and better quality of WiFi.

What's included in registration:

Registration for this course closed on July 31st.

Please review AAHPM's education course Code of Conduct.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be made in writing. A $150 processing fee will apply to all cancellations. No refunds will be made on cancellations postmarked after July 25, 2024. All refunds will be processed after the course concludes.

If the course moves to a fully virtual meeting, registrants of the in-person meeting will automatically be transferred to the virtual meeting.

AAHPM reserves the right to substitute faculty, cancel or reschedule sessions unforeseen circumstances. No refunds can be made for lodging, airfare, or any other expenses related to attending the summer course offerings.

 Please review the full Intensive Review Course Cancellation Policy.

Continuing Education Credits

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAHPM designates this live activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful activity completion includes attesting to meaningful participation in the activity and completion/submission of activity evaluation within the time frame designated.

The AAFP has reviewed the Intensive Review Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 18 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 08/08/2024 to 08/10/2024.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMA/AAFP Equivalency- AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

Registrants will receive access to 5.0 CME/MOC credits available as supplemental on-demand content for additional BluePrint comprehensive self-study to be available as pre-study on July 1, 2024. Reports will be pulled weekly to import new registrant access to the on-demand course materials.

By completing the evaluation component of the activity, you give AAHPM permission to share your data with ACCME and any applicable certifying board(s). 

Evaluation period closes September 30, 2024, at 11:59pm CT for claiming CME credits.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Evaluation period closes September 30, 2024, at 11:59pm CT for claiming MOC credits.

Disclosure

The planners, faculty, and reviewers of this educational activity disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclaimer

The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Any recommendations made by the authors and faculty of this activity must be weighed against the healthcare clinician’s own clinical judgment based on, but not limited to, such factors as the patient’s condition, benefits versus risks of suggested treatment, and comparison with recommendations of pharmaceutical compendia and other medical and palliative care authorities.

Accommodations for Americans with Disabilities Act (ACT)

For potential participants in need of accommodation related to activity accessibility, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 847-375-4712 at least one month prior to the start of the conference activity. Information on how to submit a request for accommodation will be provided upon inquiry. After the request is received, a phone call discussion will be initiated with the potential participant to determine the appropriate and necessary accommodations and resources needed.