Death & Dying Series for Healthcare Professionals: Enhancing Conversation Skills 10.9.23

October 9, 2023

Code: MEWPEV

https://cce.upmc.com/content/death-dying-series-healthcare-professionals-enhancing-conversation-skills-10923

Sessions:

October 9, 2023                        

October 16, 2023                      

October 23, 2023

October 30, 2023

November 6, 2023

November 13, 2023

Learning Objectives

• Describe the Jewish Healthcare Foundation’s aging and end-of-life agenda.
• Describe the expectations and objectives for the Series.
• Identify the challenges inherent in end-of-life care conversations.
• Understand the sensitivity and support necessary when interacting with patients with serious illnesses.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/08/2023
Course expires: 
12/29/2023
Event starts: 
10/09/2023 - 3:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/09/2023 - 5:30pm EDT


Session 1-October 9th, 2023: Overview of Death and Dying and Advance Care Planning

3:30
Welcome and Introductions Overview of Jewish Healthcare Foundation’s End-of-Life Agenda
Nancy Zionts, MBA, COO & Chief Program Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
3:45
Communicating Around End-of-Life Issues, Judith Black, MD, MHA, Medical Advisor, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
4:05
Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient, Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, Writer, Nurse, Patient
4:25
Participant Introductions, Nancy Zionts, MBA
4:55
Wrap-up and Preview Next Session, Nancy Zionts, MBA

Session 2- October 16th, 2023: Having End-of-Life Conversations

Welcome (5min)
POLST Conversations Presentation (20min)
Tailor presentation specifically to POLST Conversations
Ex. Deck used for Consortium Ethics
Answer any questions regarding POLST Module 1 background information
Judy Black
Getting Better at Talking to Seriously Ill Patients: What does it take? (40min)
Bob Arnold
Breakout Groups (20min)
Group 1: POLST Conversation Practice/Continue conversations about Bob Arnold’s presentation
Structured content
Role play of full treatment
Describe what full treatment is
Best practices for patient conversations
Judy Black
Group 2: CPR Goals of Care Conversations
Structured content
Recap of CPR video
Facilitating CPR conversations with patients
What does CPR mean/What are the outcomes?
Practice using conversation tools provided by Bob Arnold
Ethan Silverman
Debrief and Preview Next Session (5min)

Session 3- October 23rd, 2023: Respecting the Individual at the End of Life

Welcome and Reflections (10min)
Cultural Considerations for End-of-Life Care (30min)
Jonathan Weinkle
Panel Breakout Groups (40min)
Brief presentations to facilitate small group discussion
Palliative Care
Brief presentation and small group discussion
Dillon Stein
Ethics
Brief presentation and small group discussion
Ariel Clatty/Joe Bertino
What ethics issues do healthcare professionals typically encounter?
How can ethics assist in daily practice?
When is it appropriate to consult ethics?
Conversations Regarding What Matters
Brief presentation and small group discussion
Taylor McMahon
Memory Care Residents
How to implement what matters across various care settings
Debrief and preview the next session (10min)

Session 4- October 30th, 2023: End-of-Life Decision Making

Welcome (5min)
How to support a patient requesting Physician Aid in Dying (20min)
Heather Mikes
The Role of EMS in EOL Care (20min)
Doug Kupas
How can healthcare professionals support EMS?
Oncology (20min)
Fredrick Price
Case Studies for Oncology 
Group Debrief (20min)
Structured questions to facilitate discussion
Preview next session (5 min)


Session 5- November 6th, 2023: Challenges at the End of Life

Welcome (5min)
Hospice (20min)
Eric Horwith (?)
Present a more in-depth analysis
For-profit hospice
Mental Health and Dementia (20min)
Elizabeth Schandelmeier
Libby Moore
How to support patients living with dementia or mental illness
How to support caregivers of patients living with dementia or mental illness
The Role of Grief (20min)
Nancy Zionts
How to support families experiencing grief
Large group debrief (20min)
Structured questions to facilitate discussion
Preview next session (5min)

Session 6- November 13th, 2023: Practicing End-of-Life Conversations

Welcome (5min)
Small-Group Conversation Practice with Case Studies (60min)
Libby Moore
Emily Jaffe
Oncology
Primary Care
Nurse/Doctors
Discussion and debrief (20min)
Thank you (5min)

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Pittsburgh, PA
United States


Judith Black, MD, MHA, Medical Advisor, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, Writer, Nurse, Patient

Nancy Zionts, Nancy Zionts, MBA, COO & Chief Program Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
 

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


Joint Providership

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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 blended activity for a maximum of 1.50 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 1.50 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 1.50 continuing education credits.

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

  • 1.50 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.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
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