Reaching the Non-Referring Physician

Wednesday, April 14, 2011

1:30-2:30 PM Eastern

Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

This audio conference will explore causes and methods for increasing physician engagement with the palliative care program. David E. Weissman, MD, FACP, will cover solutions that focus on education, marketing, academic detailing, systems change/quality improvement and peer review.

 Learning Objectives:

•  Describe key characteristics of a palliative care team that can inhibit clinician referrals
• List three methods of physician engagement besides traditional education formats
• List three methods of patient and family engagement that can assist in motivating reluctant clinicians to refer to palliative care

Grant-funding for New York State: New York State hospitals, and hospices with an established hospital palliative care program partnership, are eligible to enroll at no cost. This funding is made possible by a grant awarded to CAPC from the New York State Health Foundation.  Funding from this grant is available for this audio conference.   For more information visit www.capc.org/grantees

To learn more and register, go to: http://www.capc.org/support-from-capc/audio-conf/04-14-11