Palliative Care

Welcome to CCSP/Palliative Care Grand Rounds

The Palliative Care and Comprehensive Cancer Support Programs (CCSP) co-organize weekly presentations on the care of seriously ill patients and their families, including individuals living with cancer, relevant to interdisciplinary clinicians. Individual topics address pain and symptom management, communication approaches with patients and families, strategies to facilitate coping and support, quality improvement and research in these disciplines.

June 9

New Horizons: Expanding the Therapeutic Scope of Collaborative Care Beyond Primary Care

Christine Beran, MD

Mark “Brandon” Goodman, MD

Bio:
Christine Beran is a current consultation-liaison fellow who has a special interest in the collaborative care model and increasing access to mental healthcare within this model. She has experience as a psychiatric consultant within this model both at UNC Family Medicine and within the Inflammatory Bowel Disease clinic. She is currently working with Donald Rosenstein and Nate Sowa to pilot the model for patients with breast cancer.

Mark “Brandon” Goodman (he/him/his) is a current Consultation Liaison (CL) Psychiatry Fellow at UNC. He completed his general psychiatry residency at UNC, where he served as the Outpatient Chief Resident in his final year. His professional interests are in novel service models in CL. He is currently working to complete pilot both a proactive consultation model at UNC as well as an integrated Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based psychotherapy training model within CL psychiatry, both of which he initiated during his fellowship year. He is excited to start his role in the UNC CL Psychiatry faculty starting in July 2021.

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Accreditation
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Continuing Medical Education Statement
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health professionals will receive a certificate of attendance from an AMA PRA Category 1™ activity. These certificates are accepted by the NC Boards for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and respiratory therapists. Other health care providers may also be able to use these certificates, depending on their particular license requirements. (License requirements are subject to change. Participants should check with their licensing boards for specific questions. UNC and its partners are not responsible for changes in license requirements.)

Disclosure statement
This activity has been planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the course director and planning committee, in association with the UNC Office of Continuing Professional Development (UNC CPD). The course director, planning committee, presenters, and CPD staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests as defined by the ACCME.

Please visit the CCSP/Palliative Care Grand Rounds calendar page to view upcoming events.