Palliative Care – 8/31/2022

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.

August 31

Dr. Chandy Nighingale

Caregiver Engagement Practices in Community Oncology Settings

Bio:

Dr. Nightingale is an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy and a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest Baptist Health. Dr. Nightingale serves on the NCORP Cancer Care Delivery Research Executive Steering Committee and is Co-Chair of the Wake Forest NCORP Research Base. As a behavioral scientist who conducts research in the area of cancer survivorship, she seeks to improve the health and well-being of informal (unpaid) cancer caregivers and survivors. Her programmatic research has primarily focused on developing scalable, technology-based interventions to improve delivery of supportive care to cancer caregivers.

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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.