Primary Palliative Care Skills for Every Provider

Hospice and Palliative Care Education

This series of interactive online courses gives clinicians in any practice setting new skills and resources to improve the quality of care delivered to people with serious illnesses. The curriculum includes concepts of palliative care focused on the needs of primary care providers in any setting. You’ll learn new clinical approaches in pain and symptom management, strategies for improving communication, empowering patients in healthcare decision making, integrating palliative care services into your practice, and billing for palliative care.

Palliative Care Continuing Education

Designed for busy healthcare providers, this self-paced series lets you work at your own pace. Enroll in individual courses or take the entire series to earn a certificate in palliative care.

These courses, also available for purchase individually, have been developed by experts in serious illness care and deliver evidence-based skills and knowledge in topics including:

• Introduction to Primary Palliative Care
• Communication and Advance Care Planning
• Physical Aspects of Care
• Social Aspects of Care
• Spiritual, Religious, and Existential Aspects of Care
• Cultural Aspects of Care
• Care of the Patient at the End of Life
• Integrating Palliative Care Into Practice
• Self-Care and Resilience

24.5 continuing education (CE) credits provided through California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Extended Learning, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). OR The Doctors Company designates this activity for a maximum of 24.5 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.

Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, and other advanced practice nurses

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.