Advance Care Planning Module 4: Hospice vs. Palliative Care


Date & Location
Thursday, June 13, 2019 - Sunday, June 12, 2022

Target Audience
Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Urology, Otolaryngology, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Radiation Oncology, Section of Surgical Sciences, Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Social Work, Nursing, Thoracic Surgery

Overview

Discussing end of life issues with patients and their families can be challenging. This course will review strategies for initiating and managing these conversations as well as the appropriate documentation for the different elements of advance care planning. The course will also cover how to navigate patient expectations and examine the different roles of hospice versus palliative care.

This course is hosted on VUMC's Learning Exchange.  To begin the course, log in at https://learningexchange.vumc.org and search for Advance Care Planning Module 1.  Once you have completed the content, and passed the post-test with a score of 80% or higher, you will receive a 5 digit text code to claim your credit.


Objectives

After participating in this activity, participants should be able to:
  1. Discuss the importance of engaging a patient in a conversation about Advance Care Planning.
  2. Describe a responsive approach to elicit, document, and follow the preferences of a patient for end of life care.
  3. Discuss how to complete the three forms in advance care planning: appointment of a healthcare surrogate, advance directive for healthcare, physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form and be able to scan these into eStar
  4. Describe the difference between hospice and palliative care and describe the eStar process for hospice referral
  5. Discuss and describe the CMS requirements for reimbursement

Accreditation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.