Facilitating an Advance Care Planning Conversation
Overview
This 1-hour course delivers strategies for conducting advance care planning discussions with patients and families by focusing on their goals and what matters most to them. Learn when and how to confidently begin advance care planning conversations, and apply concepts and skills through interactive activities.
New and Expanded Content!
In partnership with the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, this course has been revised with new and expanded content! The updates include the latest research, data, and up-to-date information. The learning experience has been enhanced with revamped interactive exercises, engaging videos, and new handouts designed to reinforce key concepts. These updates were made in direct response to feedback from past participants, ensuring the content is more relevant, practical, and impactful than ever before.The refreshed curriculum now includes:
- Navigating Culturally Sensitive Conversations About Serious Illness and End-of-Life
- Supporting Patients and Families Through Intense Emotions
- Addressing Conflict: When Family Members Disagree
- Using Advance Care Planning Tools Effectively
- Advance Care Planning and Compassionate Responses to Requests to Hasten Death
This course was developed in partnership with Coalition for Compassionate Care of California.
What You'll Learn
- Learn the skills needed to engage in effective advance care planning conversations
- Describe the importance of advance care planning conversations in the context of medical aid in dying
- Know how to start advance care planning conversations
- Practice an advance care planning conversation
What You'll Earn
1 continuing education (CE) credit provided through California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Extended Learning, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
The Doctors Company designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1.0 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Doctors Company and Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care (CSU). The Doctors Company is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Who Should Enroll
All health professionals, including primary palliative care clinicians (physicians, PAs, social workers, and nurse practitioners) working with seriously ill individuals in any care setting
Completion and Refunds
To complete this course and obtain a certificate, you must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. No refunds are given for self-paced courses. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.
