The Evolution of Palliative Care and Its Relevance to Neurosurgical Practice

Monday, May 6, 2024

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Location: S505ab

Moderator(s)

Martina Stippler, MD

Director of Neurotrauma
Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, US
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Joseph Stern, MD, FAANS (he/him/his)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine)
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Katharine Drummond, MD, FRACS

Director of Neurosurgery
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Parkville, VIC, AU

This fast-paced, interactive session introduces how palliative care can assist in providing goal-concordant care for patients. Participants will learn communication techniques that can be applied in an outpatient clinic setting, end-of-life decision-making in the ICU and goal of care discussions along the spectrum of neurosurgical care. Faculty explore the link between futile surgeries and moral injury. For all of you that think they do not need this session because you know how to talk to patients, come learn what you don’t know.

Learning Objectives:

Introduce concepts of palliative care that can guide and facilitate patient care from the spine clinic to the trauma bay.
Analyze shared and goal-concordant care and how it applies to your practice.
Discuss the connection between futile surgery and moral injury.
Apply communication principles to neurosurgical scenarios.

Disclosure(s):

Martina Stippler, MD: Alphatec: Consultant (Ongoing)

Joseph D. Stern, MD, FAANS: No financial relationships to disclose

Katharine J. Drummond, MD, FRACS: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

7:00 AM – 7:15 AM CT

Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Joseph D. Stern, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine)
Speaker: Adela Wu, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
7:16 AM – 7:31 AM CT

Team-Based/Multidisciplinary Care; Gaps in Acute Care Setting; Training for all Levels — Residents, Fellows, Attendings, PCEP and Other Training Opportunities
Speaker: Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
7:32 AM – 7:47 AM CT

PC Global Perspective: Australia and Other Countries — What We Can Learn From Them?
Speaker: Kate J. Drummond, MD, FRACS – Royal Melbourne Hospital
7:48 AM – 8:03 AM CT

How Do We Provide End-of-Life Care Now? Scoping Review of PC in NS
Speaker: Stephen P. Miranda, MD – University of Pennsylvania
8:04 AM – 8:19 AM CT

Panel Discussion
8:20 AM – 8:34 AM CT

What Can We Do Better? Shared Decision Making
Speaker: Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
8:35 AM – 8:49 AM CT

Goal Concordant Care
Speaker: Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
8:50 AM – 9:04 AM CT

Futile Surgeries
Speaker: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM CT

Panel Discussion
9:16 AM – 9:46 AM CT

Beverage Break
9:47 AM – 10:17 AM CT

Introduction to Palliative Care Communication Principals and Cognitive Maps; VitalTalk Platform
Speaker: Jonathan Fischer, MD, CAQHPM (he/him/his) – Duke University Health System
10:18 AM – 10:30 AM CT

NURSE (Emotions)
10:31 AM – 10:43 AM CT

Role Play/Drills
10:44 AM – 10:56 AM CT

REMAP
10:57 AM – 11:09 AM CT

Role Play/Drills
11:10 AM – 11:40 AM CT

How to Teach This: How to Take it Home and Spread the Word
Panelist: Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
Panelist: Jonathan Fischer, MD, CAQHPM (he/him/his) – Duke University Health System
Panelist: Laura C. Taylor, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Health
11:41 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Summary: Letter to Oneself