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The Fine Art & Science of Pain & Palliative Care

November 11 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm HST

The Queen’s Medical Center announces the premier conference in Hawaiʻi:
The Fine Art & Science of Pain & Palliative Care 2024

Mon Nov 11
8:00 am – 4:30 pm 
The Salvation Army Kroc Center – Hawaiʻi 
91-3257 KUALAKAI PARKWAY
Ewa Beach, HI 96706

This one-day conference is designed to enhance practitioners knowledge and competence in pain management and palliative care to reduce patients’ acute and chronic symptom distress and enhance overall well-being. Open to all health care professionals in and beyond Hawaiʻi.

From our Kōkua Mau board president and conference chair: Meeting patients’ pain and palliative care needs demands a balance of the best of the art and science of caring. Challenges such as safely and effectively treating pain and maintaining resilience and presence can leave one with the feeling of staring at a blank canvas. This conference has gathered multi-talented experts to share the state of both the art and the science of pain management and palliative care, to inspire you with their creative presentations, and take you from a blank canvas to a larger palate of care options to create your masterpiece in meeting patients’ pain and palliative care needs.

We are delighted that our conference is returning this year to an in-person format. As always, we look forward to a day of learning, networking and renewal with our community peers of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals.

CONFERENCE CHAIR: Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD, FAAHPM
Medical Director
Pain & Palliative Care Department
The Queen’s Medical Center
Professor and Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine Geriatric Medicine Department
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Gain knowledge of the clinical research surrounding the use of psychedelic substances among participants living with life-threatening illness.
  • Identify complex pain management situations which may benefit from a collaborative care approach.
  • Identify best practices for spiritual screening, history, and assessment.
  • Utilize a compassionate communication framework to address hope and miracles.
  • Identify the palliative care needs in patients with kidney disease.
  • Describe the role of concurrent care and palliative dialysis as a way to improve patient experience at end of life.
  • Understand how children grieve from a developmental perspective.

Registration fees:

QMC Physicians and staff until 10/11 $125 later: $145
Non-QMC Physicians and staff until 10/11 $175 later: $195