AAHPM Winter Quarterly 2011 : Page 27WINTER 2011 27 AAHPM Fellowship Program Grants Continue to Help the Field Grow As reported in the summer 2011 issue of AAHPM Quar-terly, The Hearst Foundations awarded the Academy $1.2 million in funding for palliative medicine fellowship train-ing programs over a 3-year period. In each of the 3 years, AAHPM will award up to 10 1-year, $37,750 Hearst Foun-dations Aging Initiative Fellowship Grants to accredited fellowship programs that meet the award criteria. These programs must be committed to matching the amount of funding awarded focused on training physicians interested in caring for the aging and to developing leaders who will integrate palliative care into the training of students and residents as they prepare for careers as internists, family physicians, surgeons, and other physician specialists. Task force members who were charged with managing the process and distribution of awards were selected based on their thorough knowledge of fellowship pro-gram development and representation of hospice and palliative care programs of diverse sizes, maturity, geo-graphical locations, and structures. Eligibility criteria and funding priorities for the awards were established during summer 2011. The task force then solicited and reviewed applications from 26 programs, or one-third of all accred-ited hospice and palliative medicine training programs in existence. In November, following a comprehensive review process, the following programs were selected to receive the initial 10 awards supporting training programs for the 2012-2013 academic year: Duke University Mount Sinai School of Medicine Northwestern University San Diego Hospice & the Institute for Palliative Medicine/ Scripps Mercy Hospital Summa Health System University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Chicago University of Colorado Denver University of Rochester Medical Center University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio AAHPM remains committed to developing a sustain-able and well-trained physician work force that ensures all patients have access to quality palliative care across every healthcare setting. The Hearst Foundations have provided the means to support that goal. The Acad-emy will continue to identify other partners who share an interest in advancing the critical goals and needs of AAHPM’s membership. More information regarding the second year of the Hearst Foundations Aging Initiative Fellowship Grants will be posted at aahpm.org when details are finalized. Register Now to Attend Assembly Sessions of Interest Nowhere else but at the 2012 AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly can you find content specific to your work, including cut-ting-edge ideas and research. Presentations will be given by some of the brightest minds in hospice and palliative medicine. This year’s Annual Assem-bly promises to deliver more educational content than ever before, with addi-tional sessions added. Below are just a few of the sessions on the agenda for March. Visit AnnualAssembly.org to download a PDF of the conference brochure with a full listing of sessions. đŏ Beyond Gender: Ways Men and Women Cope with Illness and Grief đŏ Second Victims: Why Palliative Care Should Recognize and Help Staff Who Are Adversely Impacted by Difficult Cases đŏ Bending the Cost Curve: A Lively Panel Discussion đŏ “The Dog Ate My Methadone”: Challenges Treating Patients with Advanced Illness, Pain, and Addiction đŏ Sex, Drugs, and Rockin’ Chairs: Palliative Care Assess-ment of the Taboo. Are We Doing Enough? đŏ “More Fun Stuff”: Regulatory Boot Camp for Hospice Physicians Part B đŏ OMG RUS (Oh My God, Are You Serious?): Talking with Teens About Dying đŏ Speed Dating with Pharmacists: 50 Practical Medica-tion Tips at End of Life đŏ Visitor in a Foreign Land: Consultation Etiquette in the Emergency Department VOL. 12 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
