Fast Facts and Concepts

Welcome to the home of Palliative Care Fast Facts and Concepts—originally published by EPERC since 2000. Fast Facts are edited by Sean Marks, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

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Aromatase Inhibitor Associated Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Philip Chang DO
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Serotonin Syndrome in Palliative Care
  • Ronald Chow BMSc
  • Dmitry Kozhevnikov DO
  • Elizabeth Horn Prsic MD
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Depression in End-Stage Renal Disease
  • Yara Moustafa MD, PhD1
  • Molly Kilpatrick MD2
  • Michael Schuh Pharm D3
  • Maisha Robinson MD, MS2,4
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Principles of Pediatric Palliative Care
  • Alana Thomas MD
  • Jared Rubenstein MD
  • Jill Ann Jarrell MD, MPH
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Communication Strategies for Providing Palliative Care via Telemedicine
  • Brook Calton MD, MHS
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Preoperative Frailty Assessment
  • Lauren E. Sigler MD
  • Eva Reitschuler-Cross MD
  • Robert Arnold MD
  • Daniel E. Hall MD, MDiv
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Conservative Management of Patients With End Stage Renal Disease
  • Antonio Corona MD
  • April Bigelow PhD, AGPCNP-BC

The Fifty Essential Fast Facts

The Essentials is a pdf containing all 50 Fast Facts organized by key domain e.g pain, non-pain symptoms, communication, prognosis, hospice, Palliative Care consultation, etc.

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Core Curriculum

The most important Fast Facts grouped into palliative care domains (e.g. pain) or specialty domains (e.g. oncology).

CME Courses

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Eight CME courses available in conjunction with the Medical College of Wisconsin

Geriatric Fast Facts open_in_new

The Geriatrics division, Medical College of Wisconsin created a series of Geriatric-related Fast Facts which are separate from the Palliative Care Fast Fact series.

HPM EPA Curriculum save_alt

Fast Facts organized into a curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellows and program directors by the 17 Entrustable Professional Activities.