This training will provide strategies for providers to have advanced care planning conversations with patients. Advance care planning conversations are the first step to completing advance directives and making important care decisions.
Overview
Syllabus
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss strategies to incorporate advanced care planning knowledge into daily practice;
- State how to apply informed communication skills and principles with patients and their families regarding advance care planning;
- Describe how to create and apply effective strategies for supporting clinic providers and staff in completing advance care planning with patients;
- Identify patients who are appropriate candidates for palliative and hospice care services;
- Explain how to utilize appropriate legal documents to educate and support patients in advanced care planning completion.
