Medicine Grand Rounds
Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, November 21, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Auditoria E & F, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Please join us for Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, November 21, 2014 for the presentation titled:
“What the community gets for investing in good end-of-life care”
David Currow, B Med, MPH, PhD, FRACP, FAChPM, GAICD
Chief Cancer Officer of New South Wales
Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Institute of New South Wales in Australia
Professor, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services
Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia
Louis B. Matthews Visiting Professor
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Auditoria E & F, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Sponsored by the Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Objectives – Participants will be able to:
- Recognizing the transition from chronic complex illnesses to chronic progressive illnesses
- Identifying when to have conversations about limited life expectancy and the topic domains where clinicians need to initiate the discussion
- Recognizing the enormity of care offered by family and friends in the last year of life, and how we can better support these people while in the role and subsequently
Please join the Department of Medicine in welcoming Dr. Currow, the 2014 The Louis B. Matthews Visiting Professor to Medicine Grand Rounds.
Cook, Eat, Learn: Skills to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Partnerships with Patients—This year-long nutrition and culinary curriculum is open to all members of the Department of Medicine and rotating students. Join the DH Culinary Medicine Program staff at 7:30a every Friday before Medical Grand Rounds in the lobby outside Auditorium E and F for:
A healthful and delicious breakfast
Cooking demonstrations and hands-on cooking stations
Recipes
Easily digestible summaries of the nutrition literature
Lifestyle medicine resources for providers
Lifestyle medicine resources for patients
Weekly trivia question with prizes
If you are unable to attend and would like to either view Grand Rounds live on your computer or if you would like to view it another time, please use this link: http://med.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/education/dept_medicine_grand_rounds_live.html