Palliative Care Approach to Pain in Challenging Patient Populations – CCSP Grand Rounds

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.

April 13

Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MA.Ed

Palliative Care Approach to Pain in Challenging Patient Populations

Bio:

Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MA.Ed is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics and serves as a clinician educator, academic hospitalist, and palliative care and hospice provider. She also serves as the Associate Program Director for Internal medicine residency program for the inpatient rotations. She is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma Medical School and Tulane School of Public Health. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatric Program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. She also has received her Masters in Education from the University of Notre Dame as a Double-Domer. After residency, she returned to the “plains states” area – where she grew up (South Dakota) and joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota. She returned to UNC in 2016 after completing her fellowship in Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine at Duke. Dr. McEntee is extremely interested in improving medical provider-patient communication, medical provider resiliency, international health, public health, quality improvement, resident and medical student education, and in promoting competent, compassionate patient-oriented care. She continues to enjoy spending time with her family and friends, playing competitive tennis, photography, travelling, and participating in outdoors adventures including hiking and cycling to name a few of her hobbies.

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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.