Death & Dying Series for Healthcare Professionals: Enhancing Conversation Skills 11.13.23
Sessions: 90min Sessions, Mondays, virtual
October 9, 2023
November 6, 2023
October 16, 2023
October 23, 2023
October 30, 2023
November 6, 2023
November 13, 2023
2023 Death and Dying Series Session Breakdown
Sessions: 90min Sessions, Mondays, virtual
October 9, 2023
November 6, 2023
October 16, 2023
November 13, 2023
October 23, 2023
October 30, 2023
Session 1-October 9th, 2023: Overview of Death and Dying and Advance Care Planning
- Introductions and Overview of JHF (15min)
- Current State of End-of-Life Care (20min)
- Introduction to Advance Care Planning
- Share experiences with serious illness conversations, how conversations work in healthcare
- Vision of a Good Death
- Barriers to having Difficult Conversations with Patients and Families
- Theresa Brown (20 min)
- Share the professional and patient experience
- Fellow introductions (30min)
- Answer question given prior to the session (Ex. Tell us your personal experience with end-of-life care)
- Limit responses to 1-2min
- Introduce Session 2 (5min)
Homework Module 1 of POLST
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
- Tailor presentation specifically to POLST Conversations
- 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
- Role play of full treatment
- Judy Black
- Structured content
- 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
- Structured content
- Group 1: POLST Conversation Practice/Continue conversations about Bob Arnold’s presentation
- 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)
- Palliative Care
- Brief presentations to facilitate small group discussion
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
- Fredrick Price
- 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
- Nancy Zionts
- 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)
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 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 2.0 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 2.0 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.