@SPCSociety

SPCS is an innovative interdisciplinary professional society dedicated to integrating high-quality palliative medicine into the care of surgical patients.

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Joined November 2020
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Thank you @AmCollSurgeons for featuring us in the latest issue of the Bulletin. What an honor! bulletin.facs.org/2021/12/ne… via @AmCollSurgeons
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Such exciting @Surgpallcare work! Thanks at @DimDamask for sharing! @traumadoctors @acsTrauma @EAST_TRAUMA
London Trauma System@London_Trauma3 Jan 2024
Launching our Palliative and End of Life care guidance for older trauma patients today. Huge amount of work from the multi-specialty, inter-professional project team. Thank you! c4ts.qmul.ac.uk/downloads/lm…
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Time is Short: Tools to Integrate Palliative Care and Communication Skills Education into Your Surgical Residency - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3738…

Time is Short: Tools to Integrate Palliative Care and Communication Skills Education into Your...

The need to integrate palliative care (PC) training into surgical education has been increasingly recognized. Our aim is to describe a set of PC educational strategies, with a range of requisite...

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Looking forward to seeing folks at the SPCS annual meeting where @oliviamonton1 @CherylZoggPhD & Dr. Emily Rivet will present the Interesting Topics Session at #SPCS23! #SurgicalPalliativeCare Still need to register? cvent.me/WvBQB7
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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Dignity-Conserving Practice - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3783…

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Dignity-Conserving Practice - PubMed

The acknowledgment and promotion of dignity is commonly viewed as the cornerstone of person-centered care. Although the preservation of dignity is often highlighted as a key tenet of palliative care...

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Becoming a Palliative Care Physician During Surgical Residency | Medical Education and Training | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Becoming a Palliative Care Physician During Surgical Residency

This Viewpoint describes the option of integrating hospice and palliative medicine training into surgical training.

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Don't miss @oliviamonton1 @CherylZoggPhD & Dr. Emily Rivet present the Interesting Topics Session at #SPCS23! Still need to register? cvent.me/WvBQB7
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SPCS Webinar Alert! Join us Tuesday, October 10th (5:00pm - 6:00pm EST) for a SPCS Webinar planned by SPCS Student & In-Training Committee! Register: survey.alchemer.com/s3/75175…
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Check out these Interesting Topics that will be discussed at #SPCS23 this October in Boston! @oliviamonton1 @CherylZoggPhD Schedule of Events: cvent.me/RWL9LW?RefId=Schedu…
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Don't miss the Research Symposium featured at #SPCS23 this October in Boston! @CarleenCuevas @Amirhsohail @pamelawlu View the Schedule of Events here: cvent.me/RWL9LW?RefId=Schedu…
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SPCS Call for Leadership Volunteers - Councilors, Committee Chairs and Committee Position Openings Submit interest by September 1st: survey.alchemer.com/s3/74180…
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Surround yourself with surgical palliative care colleagues and register for #SPCS23 10/23 at Westin Seaport Boston Schedule: cvent.me/RWL9LW?RefId=Schedu… Register: cvent.me/WvBQB7
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Join friends and colleagues interested in surgical palliative care for the 2nd SPCS Annual Mtg at Westin Seaport Boston Mon,10/23 3pm-7pm. More information: spcsociety.org/events

EVENTS | SPC Society

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Your Son Is a Very Sick Boy: What One Says Maters - explores the gaps in the meaning of common terms between the medical community and the loved ones of individuals with traumatic injuries. #SurgicalPalliativeCare jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Your Son Is a Very Sick Boy: What One Says Matters

In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative care counselor identifies gaps in the meaning of common terms between the medical community and the loved ones of individuals with traumatic injuries by...

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Great article by @SunitaPuriMD about CPR. #SurgicalPalliativeCare newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…
Sunita_Puri@SunitaPuriMD5 Aug 2023
Friends, I am so excited to share my first piece for the New Yorker about how we misunderstand and misuse CPR. CPR exists to reverse death. And reversing a death does not always mean restoring a life. newyorker.com/news/the-weeke… @UMass_Medicine @UMassChan

The Hidden Harms of CPR

The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?

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Excellent Presentation & Mentorship Opportunity Now Available! 📢📢 Submit here: survey.alchemer.com/s3/74062…
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Dimitris Damaskos@DimDamask22 Jun 2023
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Humility is an integral part to excellent communication with patients. This article explores humility in the surgical community and education. @mary_shen @MichaelEnglesbe @Gifty_Kwakye_MD #SurgicalPalliativeCare tinyurl.com/5fdnpya2
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What happens when we don't operate? This paper explores the support for vascular patients with thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms who were managed non-operatively. #SurgicalPalliativeCare
Henry Davies MD 🇨🇰@HenryDaviesVasc28 May 2023
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@SPCSociety @LeedsVascular @JVascSurg @TheOVCs @VascularWebinar @UCLAVascular Are we giving our patients the end of life care they require? authors.elsevier.com/a/1h5RW…
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@SPCSociety co-founder @BMarterre talks with Dr. Frederick Greene about end-of-life care. #SurgicalPalliativeCare tinyurl.com/598rbcs5
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Prognostication - a key component to meaningful goals of care discussions. Intuition vs risk calculator??? #SurgicalPalliativeCare @Jayson_Marwaha @bbeaulieujones @margaretberriga @anusesh @bratogram @acsJACS tinyurl.com/2v2662jf
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