This year’s Spring Quality Symposium, titled “Realizing the Full Benefit of Palliative Care,” will offer insight into this branch of medicine and provide CME and CE credit to health care professionals who attend.
The symposium will be held on Friday, May 8 at Garrett Auditorium on the Baptist Memphis campus. The target audience is primary care and specialty physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, case managers, social workers, hospital administration, pharmacists, allied health professionals and pastoral care.
Matthew Stevens, a senior director at the Advisory Board Company, and Jeri Ashley, MSN, RN, AOCNS®, CHPN®, system director of life planning and palliative care services for Baptist, will lead presentations that will cover best practices for developing a palliative care program, the difference between palliative care and hospice, and the status of palliative care within the Baptist system.
Registration is required, and the deadline is May 1. To reserve a space, visit www.baptistonline.org/symposium. For more information, please call 901-227-5300.
The symposium, sponsored by the Baptist Center for Education & Organizational Development, offers the following CME and CE credits:
CME Accreditation & Credit
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is accredited by the Mississippi State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE Accreditation & Credit
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is authorized by IACET to offer .3 CEUs for this program.