Description
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Gregory Copeland – Hospice and Palliative Care for the PCP
- State Associations:
- OPSC – California
- Faculty:
- Gregory Copeland, DO
- Duration:
- 47 Minutes
- Expiration:
- Never expires.
Description
The primary care physician plays an important role in end of life care and palliative medicine. Â The goal of this lecture is to give the PCP and/or specialist the tools to properly identify patients who qualify for hospice care. Â It is also designed to provide tools for evaluation of pain and symptom management in the setting of advanced and complex disease. Â This presentation will also review prognostication tools, methods to effectively discuss goals of care, and treatment recommendations encountered in the hospice/palliative care setting.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify methods of functional scale classification and prognostication techniques for the terminally ill patient
2. Review practical methods to discuss goals of care in a clinical office or hospital setting
3. Discuss common symptoms encountered at the end of life and effective management techniques
Faculty
Gregory Copeland, DO Related seminars and products: 1
Dr Greg Copeland is the chair of Primary Care medicine at California Health Sciences University College of osteopathic medicine in central California.  He is also a practicing physician who focusses on geriatric medicine, palliative care and hospice patients.  He is board certified in family medicine as well as hospice & palliative medicine. Dr. Copeland has worked in a variety of healthcare settings in Fresno, CA including being the medical director of a local hospice and PACE program.  He also oversees an outpatient medicine clinic and performs inpatient palliative care consults.
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