EOL Interest Group?

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EOL Interest Group?

• Ohhh, the possibilities..

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Currently at UMB

• First Year ICM course
• Intro to Death and Dying??
• Third Year Medicine rotation Hospice
• 8 hours lecture
• Philosophy of hospice
• Pain management
• Management of non-pain symptoms
• 8 hours site visits following nurse

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Death and Dying Interest Group

• Lunchtime events
• Fundraising events
• Community service
• Volunteer program
• Shadowing opportunities
• Website

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Lunchtime Events

• Held monthly
• Funded by school or fundraisers
• Lectures or discussions
• Additional reading material/references provided
  at each

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Fall Semester Topics

• Predicting Patient Prognosis
• Physicians Thought Process When Referring to
  Hospice
• Communication Breaking Bad News
• Last Days of Life (symptoms/physiology)
• Blue Book orders taken - 2.00/copy
• Wit (afternoon, not lunchtime)
• moviesunlimited.com (9.99 DVD)

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Spring Semester Topics

• Legal Issues (informed consent vs. advance
  directives)
• Living wills to all
• Physician Assisted Suicide vs. Palliative
  Sedation, Artificial Hydration, Artificial
  Nutrition
• Cultural panel (Hispanic/Asian/Jewish/African
  American)
• Alternative Therapies
• Ethics Discussions (Paula Yellon)

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Fundraising Ideas

• Selling pint glasses/coffee mugs
• discountmugs.com
• 5K run (spring)
• To benefit interest group OR
• To benefit construction of Joseph Riley Pediatric
  Hospice (will be the first in Baltimore)

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Community Service

• Volunteer Program
• Birthday Parties for inpatients
• Sing Christmas carols to hospice inpatients
  (based on chaplains recommendations)

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Volunteer Program

• Joseph Richey Hospice
• Within blocks from school
• In-patient unit
• Currently constructing Pediatric Hospice
• Most in need of volunteers

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Shadowing program

• Univ. of MD Medical Center new Palliative Care
  Center
• Not currently involved in shadowing programs for
  third year curriculum
• Physician may be available for shadowing (in
  addition to other disciplines)
• Gives back to our school too (bonus when trying
  to get funding.)

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Website for the Interest Group

• Calendar of events/meetings
• Description and contact information for
  volunteer/shadowing opportunities
• References (websites, books, contact information,
  etc, etc, etc)