The SGO Palliative Care Committee has developed a series of 12 modules. Part 1 includes the first five topics listed below. This content is primarily designed for trainees but is useful for providers at all levels in all settings.

The modules include a video review followed by a short quiz. Additionally, there are newly-added case discussion guides for faculty to utilize as an adjunct teaching tool beyond the online course.

This series is not eligible for CE. 

Anorexia and Cachexia
Speaker: Diana English, MD
Authors: Diana English, MD, University of South Florida, and Anna Beavis, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University
Objectives

• Descript the pathophysiology driving anorexia and cachexia in advanced cancer
• Articulate the steps in evaluation of anorexia and cachexia
• Review pharmacologic interventions for anorexia
• Recognize the importance of contextualizing the evaluation and management of anorexia/cachexia within broader discussion of goals of care

Constipation
Author and Speaker: Diana English, MD, University of South Florida
Objectives

• List three different medications that can be used to manage constipation
• List the mechanism of action of each of those medications
• Understand that prevention is critical
• Prescribe laxatives with every prescription for opioids

Dyspnea
Author and Speaker: Lindsay Brubaker, MD, University of Colorado
Objectives

• Define dyspnea
• List differential diagnosis for dyspnea near the end of life
• Dose opioids appropriately for dyspnea management

Nausea and Vomiting
Author and Speaker: Diana English, MD, University of South Florida
Objectives

• List primary mechanism of most common anti-emetics
• Recognize the importance of targeting nausea medications based on mechanism
• List at least two anti-emetics available for non-oral routes of administration

Neuropathic Pain
Speaker: Ellen Hartenbach, MD, University of Wisconsin
Authors: Ellen Hartenbach, MD, University of Wisconsin, Katherine Hicks-Courant, MD, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, and Gizelka David-West, MD, Northern Westchester Hospital
Objectives:

• List two causes of neuropathic pain in patients with cancer
• Describe pain characteristics generally associated with neuropathic pain
• List at least two commonly used non-opioid medications for neuropathic pain
• List two interventional options for management of neuropathic pain