Facilitating an Advance Care Planning Conversation

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.

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.

All health professionals, including primary palliative care clinicians (physicians, PAs, and nurse practitioners) working with seriously ill individuals in any care setting

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.