Full Course: Train the Trainers and Professional Development Workshop (PDW) - August 27-29, 2025
Train the Trainer - August 27-28, 2025
Professional Development Workshop (PDW) - August 29, 2025
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center • San Francisco, CA
Course# MPD26004 - Department: Pediatrics
Registration Fees
Register for The Full Course: Train the Trainer & PDW
EPEC 2025:
Full Course
August 27-29, 2025
(Wed, Thurs, Fri)
$2,510.00 Physician
$1,810.00 AHP
$1,810.00 Resident/Fellow
Register for Train the Trainer Only
EPEC 2025:
Train the Trainer Only
August 27-28, 2025
(Wed, Thurs)
$1,590.00 Physician
$1,090.00 AHP
$1,090.00 Resident/Fellow
Register for Professional Development Workshop Only
EPEC 2025:
PDW Only
August 29, 2025
(Fri)
$920.00 Physician
$720.00 AHP
$720.00 Resident/Fellow
Registration Instructions:
- Please select the days you want to attend and add to the cart (i.e., Full Course, Train the Trainer, or Professional Development Workshop).
- Log in to your account if you haven’t already done so.
- Select whether you are a Physician, AHP, or Resident. The fees will automatically update based on your selection.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing Aug 18, 2025 will be refunded, less a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.
Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp
Overview
EPEC (Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care) – Pediatrics was funded (from 2010-2017) by a US$ 1.6 million grant from the US National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute. EPEC-Pediatrics has become the most comprehensive pediatric palliative care (PPC) curriculum and dissemination project world-wide. To date 1,774 clinicians from 114 countries/territories from all 6 continents have undergone our training.
The EPEC-Pediatrics curriculum features state-of-the-art training in the skills required to address key domains of pediatric palliative care, including advanced pain and symptom management. The program is designed to give pediatric healthcare professionals (incl. physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, psychologists etc.) the knowledge and skills needed to provide excellent palliative care to patients and their families.
Objectives
Coming Soon!
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
ACCME: UCSF has approved this program for CME credit: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 25.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC: This activity may be used for up to 25.25 ANCC contact hours.
Important Notes: This credit is accepted by Board of Registered Nursing in all states except California.
APA: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
ASWB: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, UCSF Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 25.25 [type*] continuing education credits.
(* Types of credit may be ethics, clinical, cultural competence, or general)
Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (IPCE): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 25.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
EPEC Curriculum
Education in Palliative & End-of-Life Care (EPEC) for Pediatrics is a comprehensive adaptation of the EPEC curriculum designed to address the needs of children, their families and pediatric oncology providers and other pediatric clinicians. It was developed by and continues to receive input from experts in several pediatric disciplines as well as parent advocate advisers. It consists of 24 modules in pain and symptom management in palliative care. These topics are taught as a combination of 18 distance learning modules and six in-person conference sessions. (EPEC Conference attendees will receive complimentary access to the 18 online modules.)
Module 1: Pediatric Palliative Care: Why Does it Matter?
Module 2: Child Development
Module 3: Family Centered Care
Module 4: Grief and Bereavement
Module 5: Self Care for Professionals *In-person training only.
Module 6: Team Collaboration and Effectiveness *In-person training only.
Module 7: Communication and Planning *In-person training only.
Module 8: Ethical and Legal Issues
Module 9: Teaching with EPEC-Pediatrics in the Face-to-Face Setting *In-person training only.
Module 10: Multimodal Analgesia
Module 11: Opioid Selection and Opioid Rotation
Module 12: Neuropathic Pain and Adjuvant Analgesia
Module 13: Procedural Pain
Module 14: Chronic Complex Pain
Module 15: Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Module 16: Management of Respiratory Symptoms
Module 17: Management of Emotional Behavioral Symptoms
Module 18: Management of Neurological Symptoms
Module 19: Treatment of Refractory Distress at End-of-Life
Module 20: Preparation for Imminent Death
Module 21: Integrative Medicine
Module 22: Introduction to Quality Improvement
Module 23: Teaching Pain and Symptom Management *In-person training only.
Module 24: Methadone *In-person training only. - currently available online as part of Module 14.
Course Chairs
Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Andrea Postier, PhD, MPH
Academic Researcher
Faculty
(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)
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Travel & Lodging
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (866) 431-8273