A Joint Project of:

• Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• The Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
• The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

NOTE: AS OF MAY 1, 2007 THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER OFFERED; HOWEVER, THE MATERIALS REMAIN ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL GOALS

Established with a $1 million donation to the University of Toronto from Mrs. Margaret Anderson in memory of her husband, the Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End-of-Life Care will educate 10,000 primary care physicians and specialists across Canada over a five-year period to deal with issues surrounding death and dying. It will also hold conferences relevant to dying in critical sectors including healthcare institutions and educators, media and government.

The lasting legacy of the program will be a network of physicians across Canada who have been trained to care for patients who are terminally ill, as well as helping to shape and remold the attitudes towards dying among physicians, legislators, media and the public.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The Ian Anderson Program promotes a variety of educational techniques including small group problem-based learning, case-based teaching and distance learning. We are committed to integrating our approaches with existing programs and interactive networks. We identify local opinion leaders in order to empower physicians to teach others within their communities. The modules can be adapted to teaching styles based on regional concerns and cultural factors. As an accredited national continuing education program, the education program is tailored to the needs of both family physicians and specialists.

The web site provides links to informative sites on the Internet for both physicians and the general public and, in time, will support on-line self-directed study.

TEACHING MODULES & OBJECTIVES

The Ian Anderson Program consists of 13 teaching modules:

1. Palliative Care – Standards and Models
2. Pain Management
3. Symptom Management
4. End-of-Life Decision-Making
5. Communications with Patients and Families
6. Psychological Symptoms
7. The Last Hours
8. Culture
9. Conflict Resolution
10. Indigenous Perspectives on Death and Dying
11. Collaboration
12. Decision-Making in Pediatric Palliative Care
13. Grief and Bereavement

Each module includes a case and teaching tips in addition to core content.   PowerPoint presentations accompany each module for use by facilitators in their teaching.

These modules are available in PDF versions on this web site. To access the modules please click on the button at the bottom of this page.

AUTHORS

Collaboration
Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC (co-author)
Physician Leader, Ian Anderson Program, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network

David Ryan, PhD, C Psych (co-author)
Director of Education, Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Communications with Patients and Families
Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Physician Leader, Ian Anderson Program, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network

Conflict Resolution
Kerry Bowman, MSW, PHD
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Clinical Bioethicist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Culture
Kerry Bowman, MSW, PHD

Decision-Making in Pediatric Palliative Care
Gerri Frager, MD, FRCPC (co-author)
Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Service
IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Yarrow McConnell (co-author)
Class of 2005, Faculty of Medicine
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

End-of-Life Decision-Making
Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC

End-of-Life Decision-Making Appendix II – The Law in Ontario
Judith Wahl, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly

Grief and Bereavement
Larry Librach, MD, CCFP, FPFC (co-author)
W. Gifford-Jones Professor in Pain Control and Palliative Care, University of Toronto Director, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital

Pauline Abrahams, BSc,MBChB, CCFP (co-author)
Staff Physician, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care Psychosocial Spiritual Program
Lecturer, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Indigenous Perspectives on Death and Dying
Dianne M. Longboat
Traditional Teacher and Healer
Mohawk Nation

The Last Hours
Larry Librach, MD, CCFP, FPFC

Pain Management
Larry Librach, MD, CCFP, FPFC

Palliative Care – Standards and Models
Russell Goldman, MD, CCFP
Assistant Director, The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Psychological Symptoms
Larry Librach, MD, CCFP, FPFC

Symptom Management
Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC

EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATION

NOTE: AS OF MAY 1, 2007 THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER ACCREDITED; HOWEVER, THE MATERIALS REMAIN ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE.

Anderson Program events are accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. One-day Opinion Leader conferences have been granted six hours of MAINPRO-C by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The two-day combined Core Knowledge and Opinion Leader program has 12 hours of MAINPRO-C accreditation. In addition, each module is individually accredited for two hours of MAINPRO-C when used in a problem-based small group setting of ten or fewer participants; this allows a group the choice of studying all of the modules or selecting particular ones based on its perceived educational needs. The Opinion Leader and small group events are each designated as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of CPD options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Physician Leader

Nancy Bush, Coordinator

Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program
in End-of-Life Care
University of Toronto
500 University Avenue, Suite 650
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1V7
Tel. 416.978.1837    Fax 416.971.2200
E-mail ian.anderson.program@utoronto.ca