Las Cruces
Palliative Care Conference
Schedule
SAVE THE DATE | October 23, 2021, 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Saturday, October 23, 2021:
| 8:00 AM | Open Remarks and Welcome and Announcements Video: “Who We Are: The Las Cruces Palliative Care Coalition” |
| 8:15 AM to 9:45 AM | Opening Plenary “Palliative Pain Management in the Era of the Opioid Epidemic” Stephanie Benson MD |
| 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM | Q & A |
| 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM | Breakouts 1, 2, or 3 |
| 11:00 AM to 11: 45 AM | Breakouts 4, 5, or 6 |
| 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Second Plenary “Palliative Care: Symptom Management.” Michael Frederich MD |
| 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM | Q & A |
| 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM | Breakouts 1, 2, or 3 |
| 3:45 PM to 4:30 PM | Breakouts 4, 5, or 6 |
| 4:45 PM | Evaluation and Adjournment |
| Breakouts | |
|---|---|
| 1. Hospice vs Palliative Care | Sara Marlow, RN |
| 2. Palliative Care of the Human Spirit | Linda Pribble, Chaplain |
| 3. Communicating Difficult News | Julie Reyes, RN, MS Sheeba Tano DO |
| 4. Medical Futility and Withholding and Withdrawing | Michael Frederich MD |
| 5. Palliative Pharmacology | Traci White, PharmD |
| 6. Death and Dying | Stephanie Benson, MD |