About this Webinar for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals
Supported by evidence-based data, attendees will learn the benefits of palliative care for patients with advanced illnesses as they discern the differences between palliative and curative care.
This webinar explores the history and philosophy of the hospice and palliative movement and discusses end-of-life care's impact on patients, their families, hospitals, and the healthcare system.
This webinar is offered for both CE and CME credit:
- CE credit is available to nurses (RN, LPN, LVN; in California, Registered Nurses only), social workers and certified case managers, as well as licensed nursing home administrators in the states of Florida and Illinois.
- CME credit is available to physicians (MD, DO), nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA).
Attendees can earn one continuing education hour. See below for full certification information and instructions.
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Nurses and Case Managers
To earn CE credit, attendees must view the webinar in its entirety, complete an online, post-event evaluation and download their own CE certificate. Participants must register and sign in to the live webinar using the same email address.
This activity is approved for one continuing education credit hour for nurses (RN, LPN, LVN, ARNP; in California, Registered Nurses only), social workers and certified case managers. Licensed nursing home administrators in the State of Florida and Illinois may also receive one hour of continuing education credit. Attendance for the entire online webinar, as well as completion of a brief online evaluation, is required. Certifications are made available after completion.
Physicians
Satisfactory Completion - Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must participate in the entire activity as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Physicians - In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and VITAS Healthcare. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Credit Designation Statement – Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Featured VITAS Expert
Joseph Shega, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, VITAS Healthcare
Joseph Shega, MD, has been caring for, studying and teaching about geriatric patients and end-of-life care since 1999. He joined VITAS in 2013 as a regional medical director and was promoted to senior vice president and national medical director in 2016, then promoted again to chief medical officer in 2018 and to executive vice president in 2021.
In his role as chief medical officer, Dr. Shega is responsible for overseeing and leading the medical direction for all VITAS locations in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Dr. Shega provides leadership to all VITAS regional medical directors as well as the director of physician services.
Dr. Shega is board certified in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine. He chairs the ethics committee for the American Geriatrics Society. He is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Central Florida, is on the editorial board of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and serves as a member of the Academy of Medicine roundtable on quality care for persons with serious illness.
He has been a key contributor to the UNIPAC series through the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and currently serves as co-managing editor of the UNIPAC 5th edition self-study series and the Amplifier confidence-based learning modules. Dr. Shega has over 50 peer-reviewed publications centered around the care of persons with advanced illness and end-of-life care.
Prior to joining VITAS, Dr. Shega was an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago in geriatrics and palliative medicine. He worked as a primary care physician for 13 years on Chicago’s South Side, providing inpatient geriatric and palliative medicine consults, inpatient palliative care, nursing home care, outpatient geriatrics, home visits and hospice services. He also evaluated and managed patients with memory disorders from diagnosis to the end of life.
Dr. Shega completed medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago, residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and a geriatrics fellowship at the University of Chicago.
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