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Schedule and Pricing

This first State of the Science symposium will overlap with Annual Assembly on Saturday, February 12.

Pricing for the State of the Science

Registration is now closed.

  • AAHPM Member: $650 ($815 after January 24)
  • Members of Supporting Partners: $650 ($815 after January 24)
  • Nonmember: $845 ($1,060 after January 24)

Questions? Contact AAHPM Member Services at 847.375.4712.

Schedule

View the schedule at a glance* below for a glimpse into the State of the Science offerings.

The State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care offers a maximum of 7.0 Accredited Continuing Education Credits for successful participation in the live conference event. The number of CME/NCPD credits are subject to change upon faculty availability.

Saturday, February 12

NOTE: All times are listed in Central Time

9:30 - 10:45am
Opening Plenary: State of the Science

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Chaplain-Led Spiritual Care Intervention for the Surrogate Decision Makers of ICU Patients
  • Effectiveness of an algorithmic approach to ventilator withdrawal at the end of life
  • Improving Continuity for Long-stay patients in the Pediatric ICU: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Faculty

J. Randall Curtis, MD MPH (discussant)
Alexia M. Torke, MD
Margaret L. Campbell, PhD RN FPCN
Jennifer K Walter, MD PhD MS
Jean S. Kutner, MD MPH/MSPH FAAHPM (moderator)

10:45 - 11:15am
Break

11:15am - 12:15pm
Oral Abstract Concurrent Sessions

Theme:
What can we learn about equitable care from big data?

  • End-of-Life Experiences among 'Kinless' Older Adults: The Case of Denmark (CO201A) - Katherine Ornstein, PhD MPH
  • Examining Racial Differences in Nursing Home Palliative Care Across the United States (CO201B) - Leah V. Estrada, MA BSN RN
  • Unmet Support Service Needs Among Rural Family Caregivers: a Population-based U.S. Study (CO201C) - Erin E. Kent, PhD
  • How does hospital culture influence the intensity of end-of-life care? (CO201D) - Elizabeth W. Dzeng, PhD MD MPH

From concept to care: stakeholder engaged research

  • Effect of a Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention vs Usual Care on Quality of Life of Patients with Symptomatic Heart and Lung Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial (CO202A) - David B. Bekelman, MD MPH
  • Racial Disparities in Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Consultation in Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients (CO202B) - Marlena Fisher, RN MSN CNL
  • Parent Priorities in End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer (CO202C) - Prasanna Ananth, MD MPH
  • A Lay Navigator Intervention for Caregivers of Hispanic Persons with Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (AD/RD): Feasibility and Acceptability (CO202D) - Stacy M. Fischer, MD

How to Assess and Include Culture from Ethnography to Big Data

  • Long-Term Opioid Therapy and Overdose in Patients With and Without Cancer (CO203A) - Jessica S. Merlin, MD PhD
  • Hospice Improves Last Month of Life Care Outcomes for Older Adults with Dementia (CO203 B) - Krista L. Harrison, PhD
  • Pathways of care prior to hospice enrollment: have we moved the needle? (CO203C) - Claire K. Ankuda, MD MPH
  • Variation in Benzodiazepine and Antipsychotic Prescribing Among Hospice Agencies (CO203D) - Lauren B. Gerlach, DO MS

12:15 - 12:45pm
Lunch Break

12:30 - 1:45pm
Networking Roundtables

12:45 - 2pm
General Poster Viewing and Chats

2 - 2:15pm
Break

2:15 - 3:45pm

RAPiD Poster Session: Improving Communication and Symptoms (RP300)
RAPiD Poster Session: Caring for Kids, Families, and Ourselves (RP400)
RAPiD Poster Session: Enhancing Palliative Care Access, Quality, and Policy (RP500)

3:45 - 4:15pm

Break

4:15 - 5:30pm
Methods Breakout Session: Pragmatic Clinical Trials (MB601)
Methods Breakout Session: Design to Dissemination: Approaches to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Palliative Care Research (MB602)

Sunday, February 13

10 - 11am
Career Breakout Session

  • Early Career Development Breakout Session (CD801)
    • Faculty: Virginia LeBaron, PhD ACHPN AOCN; Jennifer Mack, MD MPH; Yael Schenker, MD FAAHPM; Cardinale B. Smith, MD PhD; Emily E. Johnston, MD; Prasanna Ananth, MD MPH
  • Mid-Career Development Breakout Session (CD802)
    • Faculty: Maija Reblin, PhD; Lynn F. Reinke, PhD RN ARNP NP; Corita R. Grudzen, MD MSHS FACEP; Robert Gramling, MD DSc; Lee Ellington, PhD
  • Senior Career Development Breakout Session (CD803)
    • Faculty: James A. Tulsky, MD FACP FAAHPM; Marie A. Bakitas, PhD CRNP FAAN; Betty R. Ferrell, MA CHPN FAAN FPCN; Christine S. Ritchie, MD FAAHPM; Kathryn I Pollak, PhD; Jean S. Kutner, MD MSPH FAAHPM

11 - 11:30am
Break

11:30am - 1pm
Closing Plenary: A Conversation with AAHPM and HPNA Award Winners, Areej El-Jawahri and Salimah Meghani

Faculty

Areej El-Jawahri, MD
Salimah H. Meghani, PhD FAAN MBE

Hosts

Arif Kamal, MD MBA
Gretchen Schwarze, MD MPP

*Schedule subject to change