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Center to Advance Palliative Care: Online Clinical Training Courses For All Clinicians

All specialties and disciplines can strengthen their care of patients living with a serious illness. For CAPC members, CAPC’s online training curriculum provides free continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, social workers, and case managers at member organizations. Free ABIM MOC (Maintenance of Certification) credits are also available for physicians.


Palliative Care During the Pandemic (Podcast)

Top officials for the American Hospital Association and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) convened virtually for a fireside chat to discuss the impact and importance of palliative care practices during the pandemic and share stories from experts in the field. 


SCCM Pod-506 PCCM: Exploring Adverse Events in Pediatric Apnea

Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN, is joined by William Sveen, MD, MA, to discuss the article “Adverse Events During Apnea Testing for the Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria” (Sveen, W.N., et al. Pedtr Crit Care Med. 2023 May;24(5):399-405). Explore the prevalence of adverse events in pediatric apnea testing and gain insights from this single-center retrospective cohort study. Dr. Sveen is an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Minnesota.