https://www.advancingsic.org/recommended daily 0.75 2021-06-21 https://www.advancingsic.org/recommended/books monthly 0.5 2021-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1628108973617-EKHJ0RNL9G4YP1I29X2M/Books3.png Recommended - Worth Reading … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626196494483-IGUHZR26CAKMWFRNMSW0/being_mortal_cover.jpg Recommended - Worth Reading … - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, MD Medicine has triumphed in modern times, [b]ut when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should... Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626196613372-1GTVE292NEVCI77B1OJ1/That_Good_Night.jpg Recommended - Worth Reading … - That Good Night by Surita Puri, MD “Puri writes about how palliative care specialists are working to change medicine from within — teaching other doctors how to talk to patients about their hopes and fears, not just their disease and treatment.” —NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626196701229-2SFKAY2VFSDZU52I508D/When_Breath_becomes_Air.jpg Recommended - Worth Reading … - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, MD "This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?" -- New york Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1628109512629-DY393584ZQBBGABE1LDL/Laxson2.png Recommended - Worth Reading … - The Gray Zone and The Fog Zone by Deborah Day Laxson The first two books of a planned trilogy sharing the journey of a couple navigating a terminal cancer diagnosis and treatment. Laxson shares their story in a clear and compelling manner, explaining the journey from the perspective of the patient, her husband Bill, and her own view point as his Health Care Agent. A must-read for those providing care to patients at the end of life. https://www.advancingsic.org/recommended/links monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1628109043005-PUEAA9RCKYDSZEYQIZHD/Links3.png Recommended - Worth Visiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626197544901-2NRRQWNQCR49W5G3ZZ5I/ariadne_labs.png Recommended - Worth Visiting - Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Care Ariadne Lab's Serious Illness Care Program’s goal is for every seriously ill patient to have more, better, and earlier conversations with their clinicians about their goals, values, and priorities that will inform their future care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626197619458-3KTV1JPH0SCUSEEAAZG4/vital_talk.jpg Recommended - Worth Visiting - Vital Talk VitalTalk is a national training organization for clinicians seeking to advance their communication skills. Just as no doctor is born knowing how to handle a scalpel, the same is true for how to communicate effectively with seriously ill patients and their families. See their one-pager quick guides on communication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626197753362-BGVRR9SJ5OJ0WERAYSIG/MNHPC_logo.png Recommended - Worth Visiting - Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care (MNHPC) is the state's leading hospice and palliative care network, offering a variety of programming for hospice and palliative care professionals. https://www.advancingsic.org/recommended/apps monthly 0.5 2021-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1628109073423-AITAGBF6OXY26JW6QT0G/Apps3.png Recommended - Worth Downloading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626198371571-N0ZTMI9FJ570NHEF0ZZG/vital_tips_app.png Recommended - Worth Downloading - Vital Tips The VitalTalk Tips app enables you to improve communication skills for patients who have a serious illness. This app includes tips focused on the moments where clinicians most often get stuck. You can flip through the tips by topic (serious news, prognosis, family conferences, goals of care, and more), or just get a daily tip as a notification. Read the tip (it'll take <10 seconds), try it out, and over time, your inner communication ninja will emerge. Download from your favorite app store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1626198642887-C76I8NTOAI9EYHJ7UPO5/PC_Fast_Facts_App.jpg Recommended - Worth Downloading - Palliative Care Now: Fast Facts Fast Facts provide concise, practical, peer-reviewed and evidence-based summaries on key palliative care topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for patients facing serious illness. (Also available as an online resource) Download from your favorite app store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1629479911945-MB1C2S46KS2JQ1Z1DJGX/Podcast.png Recommended - Worth Downloading - Good Listening Options: Conversation Ready – How to Prepare for End of Life Conversations. On Being with Krista Tippett - Atul Gawande: What Matters in the End 2 Docs Talk: Episode 106: Longevity https://www.advancingsic.org/educational daily 0.75 2021-08-11 https://www.advancingsic.org/meet-us daily 0.75 2021-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1623262548642-BHJDPWCUJK641ELX6O8Q/TSielaff3.png Meet Us - Tim Sielaff, MD, Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Sielaff is recently retired after more than 20 years as a nationally respected surgeon and health care executive. He first worked at the UMN Medical School, becoming a tenured Associate Professor. He then led the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, starting in 2004, and subsequently held a variety of leadership roles at Allina Health, including the last 5 years as system CMO for where he lead the clinical enterprise. Tim has played a state-wide role in addressing provider burnout, mental heath access challenges, and the delivery of high value care to our communities. He received a BS in psychology from UW-Madison, MD from the Medical College of Virginia, Surgery residency and PhD at UMN, Liver Transplant/HPB fellowship at U-Toronto and MBA from U-St. Thomas. He is currently the American College of Surgeons MacLean Center Fellow in Clinical Medical Ethics. His academic interests are in understanding the role of ethical constructs in delivering high value end of life care (e.g. to whom and how does the value accrue), and between clinicians providing care and the business of medicine (specifically, how (if) they relate to provider burnout). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae6e8d8cfdd02073dc37ab/1622052523719-KMTOUP2G3FD76GUKADBY/JSilversmith.png Meet Us - Janet Silversmith, CEO Minnesota Medical Association Janet Silversmith is the CEO of the Minnesota Medical Association. Prior to her appointment as CEO, she served as the MMA’s Director of Health Policy. In that position she was responsible for providing leadership for MMA advocacy strategy as well as the analysis and development of MMA policy. She has over 25 years of experience in health policy. She previously conducted research on American Indian/Alaska Native health disparities and worked for the Minnesota Senate. 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