Advance Care Conversations for Clinicians

This course is intended to increase the comfort level of health care providers by using advance care conversations with patients and their families.

Accreditation statement

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Prisma Health Continuing Medical Education Organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit designation

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Prisma Health Continuing Medical Education Organization designates this other activity (hybrid activity - enduring material and live components) for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants must complete all sessions and evaluations to receive credit.

Target audience

Prisma Health network providers who provide direct patient care.

Disclosures

Nancy Wicker, MD, Aye Aung, MD and Sydney Philips have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Planning Committee members Aye Aung, MD, Elizabeth Sheridan, DNP, Sydney Philips, Nichole Spivey, Adrienne Ross, Daniel Layton, and Essence Thomas have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships.

There is no commercial support for this activity.

Reference material (PDF)

Session 1: Having conversations that matter

Presentation date: October 14, 2019
Expiration date: October 14, 2021
Duration: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes

Session 1 objective: Understand the importance of Advance Care Planning (ACP) Conversations with patients and their families; increase the comfort level of participants in ACP conversation by using ACP conversation guides.

Instructions

Please read this page in its entirety.
Allocate 1 hour 30 minutes to this effort. It is expected that once started the video should be completed in its entirety.
Pausing the video is allowed for a short period. If the video is left on pause for an extended period, the video will restart from the beginning and cannot be fast-forwarded.

Click here to view Session 1 video (this browser window will remain open)

Use the password sent via email from Sydney Phillips to access the video. If you did not receive the password, please contact Sydney Phillips at 803-296-3353or Sydney.Phillips@PrismaHealth.org, or Elizabeth Hipp at 803-434-4215 or Elizabeth.Hipp@USCMed.SC.edu.

Click here to complete the Session 1 evaluation

The evaluation must be completed to earn credit.
Use the same password that accessed the Session 1 video to access the evaluation for Session 1.
Make a note of the password at the end of the evaluation to access the video for Session 2.

Session 2: Learning points for difficult situations

Presentation date: October 14, 2019
Expiration date: October 14, 2021
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes

Session 2 objectives: Encourage participants to initiate earlier and more frequent ACP conversations; learn proper documentation and billing of ACP conversation for clinicians.

Prerequisite: Session 1 must be completed prior to beginning Session 2.

Instructions

Please read this page in its entirety.
Allocate 1 hour 30 minutes to this effort. It is expected that once started the video should be completed in its entirety.
Pausing the video is allowed for a short period. If the video is left on pause for an extended period, the video will restart from the beginning and cannot be fast-forwarded.

Click here to view Session 2 video (this browser window will remain open)

Use the password provided at the end of the Session 1 evaluation to access the video for Session 2. If you do not have the password down from Session 1, please contact Sydney Phillips at 803-296-3353 or Sydney.Phillips@PrismaHealth.org or Elizabeth Hipp at 803-434-4215 or Elizabeth.Hipp@USCMed.SC.edu.

Click here to complete the evaluation

Evaluation must be completed to earn credit
Use the same password that accessed the Session 2 video to access the evaluation for Session 2

Session 3: In-person training

Presentation date: October 14, 2019
Expiration date: October 14, 2021
Duration: Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes; offered every Thursday

Session 3 objectives:

Understand the importance of advance care planning (ACP) conversations with patients and their families;
Increase the comfort level of participants in ACP conversations by using ACP conversation guides;
Encourage participants to initiate earlier and more frequent ACP conversations;
Demonstrate proper documentation and billing of ACP conversation for clinicians.

Pre-requisite: Sessions 1 and 2 must be completed prior to registering for Session 3.