Dr. Karen Brasel: Surgical Palliative Care Educator

The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast

#007 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and cohost Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Karen Brasel, Professor of Surgery in the division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, as well as the Program Director of the general surgery residency, the Vice-Chair for Education and the Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education, all at OHSU School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Karen is a national leader in both surgical education and surgical palliative care and has authored or co-authored over 250 papers. Under her leadership, the general surgery residency at OHSU is the only surgical residency in the country which requires all trainees to spend one month on a palliative care service. Join us as we discuss the benefits of being a "spork" (neither a spoon nor a fork), family presence during resuscitation and the ethics surrounding the idea of futility.
CAPC (Center to Advance Palliative Care) features the IPAL (Integrating Palliative Care into the ICU) toolkit on their website. Many organizations maintain CAPC memberships; to find if your organization is a member, go online and type in your email here.
Papers discussed:
Palliative care in the trauma ICU by Drs. Katie O'Connell and Ron Maier
Read about the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score here and here.
TQIP Best Practices for Palliative Care can be found here.
To learn more about the surgical palliative care community, visit us on twitter @surgpallcare