Death & Dying Series for Healthcare Professionals Enhancing Conversation Skills 10.16.25

October 16, 2025

Code: GURYAG

https://cce.upmc.com/content/death-dying-series-healthcare-professionals-enhancing-conversation-skills-101625

 

 

 

Target Audience

Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

Pharmacist

Physician

Physician Assistant

Social Worker

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/13/2025
Course expires: 
12/30/2025
Event starts: 
10/16/2025 - 3:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/16/2025 - 5:30pm EDT
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Session 1: Overview of Death and Dying and Advance Care Planning

October 9, 2025


 

  • Overview of JHF/EOL Agenda and the Death and Dying Series (20 min)
  • Participant introductions (30min)
    • Answer question given prior to the session (Ex. Tell us your personal experience with end-of-life care)
    • Visualization activity
      • Vision of a Good Death
      • Barriers to having Difficult Conversations with Patients and Families
  • Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient (30 min)
    • Share about serious illness conversations from the professional and patient experience
  • Advance Care Planning Conversations  (25min)
    • Introduction to Advance Care Planning
  • Group Discussion (10 min)
  • Wrap-up and Preview Next Session (5min)

 

Session 2: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Communication

October 16, 2025

  • Reflections and Overview of Session 2 (5min)
  • Cultural Considerations for Serious Illness Care (40min)
    • Abbreviated version of his cultural humility talk
  • Talking to Seriously Ill Patients (40min)
    • Introducing tools for serious illness conversations
  • Group Discussion  (30 min)
    • Sample discussion questions: What challenges have you encountered in discussing serious illness and the end of life with patients/families from diverse backgrounds? What tools have you used to help frame your conversations? How has that worked?
  • Wrap-up and Preview Next Session (5min)

 

Session 3

Respecting Patient Choices in Serious Illness

October 23, 2025

  • Reflections and  Session Overview  (5min)
  • POLST Conversations (20min)
    • ACP presentation from Session 1
    • Answer any questions regarding POLST Module 1 background information
  • Ethics Cases (30min)
  • Death and Dignity (30min)
    • Describe how to have conversations around the meaning of the request for PAD
  • Breakout Group Discussions (30min)
  • POLST Conversations
  • Death and Dignity
  • Ethics
  • Wrap-up and Preview Next Session (5 min)

 

Session 4: Compassionate Conversations at the End of Life

October 30, 2025

 

 

  • Reflections and Overview of Session 4 (5min)
  • Hospice Conversations (30min)
  • The Role of Grief (30min)
  • Caring for Grieving Professionals (30 min)
  • Large group discussion with focused questions (20 min)
  • Wrap-up and Preview Next Session (5 min)

 

Session 5: Practicing Serious Illness Conversations

November 6, 2025

  • Overview of Role-Play Activity (5min)
  • Small-Group Conversation Practice with Role Play (80min)
  • Discussion and debrief (5 min)
  • Series wrap-up (5min)

 

 

 

Disclaimer Statement

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

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Disclosure Statement: No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

 

Accreditation and credit designation

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is __ contact hours.

 

Social Work (ASWB) 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive X.0 continuing education credits. 

Physician Assistant (AAPA)

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for ___ AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

 

Psychologist (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.

 

Other Healthcare Professionals

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
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