Bet on Hospitalists for Primary Palliative Medicine: The Latest in Caring for Patients with Serious Illness - On Demand 2025
Bedside decisions shape the last chapters of many hospital stays. In this on-demand update for hospitalists, synthesize new evidence in primary palliative care, apply advances in symptom and pain management, and design clearer, kinder conversations with patients and families. Recognize and appreciate symptom burdens in advanced dementia and late-stage kidney disease, identify system levers to improve care, and demonstrate practice-ready skills.
Availability
On-Demand
Expires on May 06, 2028
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of practice updates in improving symptom management and care delivery for seriously ill patients.
  2. Recognize the communication strategies that are most effective for seriously ill patients and their families.
  3. Appreciate symptom burdens on patients with advanced dementia and late stage kidney disease.
  4. Identify the role of palliative medicine in health care systems improvement.
Faculty
  • Aziz Ansari, DO, SFHM, FAAHPM, FACP
  • Kencee Graves, MD, FACP
Faculty Disclosures (PDF)

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

 
Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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