UPMC Central Pa. National Healthcare Decision Day Lunch and Learn 2025

April 23, 2025

National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) is held on April 16 each year to educate healthcare providers and consumers about advance care planning and empower all to make their wishes for their care known. UPMC Central Pa Supportive Medicine and Palliative Care and Spiritual Care Services will provide a lunch and learn education day on April 23, 2025, from 12 pm to 1 pm. This event is part of the Community Health Needs Assessment implementation plan for seven campuses. The lunch and learn is in-person and virtual. Our purpose is to engage employees to enhance communication between patients, their families, and providers by promoting the use of advance care directives while increasing the number of adults with completed advance care directives.

Target Audience

Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

Physician

Physician Assistant

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session,

Participants will discover the value of advance care planning.

Learn how to talk about their future healthcare decisions.

Understand how to document their healthcare decisions using advance directives.

Successfully complete their advance directive.

Encourage others to honor National Healthcare Decisions Day

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 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: 
03/11/2025
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Event starts: 
04/23/2025 - 11:30am EDT
Event ends: 
04/23/2025 - 1:00pm EDT
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National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) is held on April 16 each year to educate healthcare providers and consumers about advance care planning and empower all to make their wishes for their care known. UPMC Central Pa Supportive Medicine and Palliative Care and Spiritual Care Services will provide a lunch and learn education day on April 23, 2025, from 12 pm to 1 pm. This event is part of the Community Health Needs Assessment implementation plan for seven campuses. The lunch and learn is in-person and virtual. Our purpose is to engage employees to enhance communication between patients, their families, and providers by promoting the use of advance care directives while increasing the number of adults with completed advance care directives.

UPMC Community Osteopathic Conference Rooms 1, 2, 3
Harrisburgh, PA
United States

Brenda Alton, PhD, DMin, MDiv, UPMC Central Pa. Director, Community Relations/Spiritual Care

Robin Hicks, DO, Medical Director, UPMC Central Pa. Supportive Care & Palliative Medicine

Michele Conway, DMin, MDiv. Lead Chaplain, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Central Pa.

Jennie Lawler, LCSW, OSW-C, Senior Social Worker, Oncology & Palliative Care, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Central Pa.

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.

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 1.5 continuing education credits.

Social Work (ASWB)

This program is offered for 1.5 hours of social work continuing education.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 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 1.5 contact hours.

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 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  

 

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 AAPA Category I CME
  • 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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There is no fee for the event.

We would like everyone to register and Please register to attend virtually

Deadline to be April 16, 2025, to order the food for all in person attendees. 

Any questions please contact email: [email protected]