15261, Teach Me What To Say, Communication Skills for Seriously Ill Patients and Families, 10/22/15

Menomonee Falls, WI US
October 22, 2015

The Teach Me What to Say training curriculum is designed to help clinicians with these common problems when working with seriously ill and dying patients:

  • Conflict around end-of-life goal setting
  • Requests to “do everything”
  • Families in denial
  • Ethical and legal concerns about the best course of action
  • Managing cases of medical futility
  • DNR order conflicts
  • Responding to the questions, “Doctor, what would you do?” and “How long do I have?”

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 4.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
 

Target Audience

Physicians, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.

Learning Objectives


Program Objectives:
  • Demonstrate a six step approach to giving bad news
  • Demonstrate an organized approach to leading a family meetings
  • Describe prognostic features for cancer and non-cancer diseases
  • Describe three do’s and don’ts when discussing DNR
  • Describe three criteria for establishing patient decisionality
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
CHD Medical Staff Office
Phone Number: 
+1 (262) 257-2600
Email: 
CHD.Medicalstaffoffice@froedtert.com
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 4.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
Course opens: 
10/01/2015
Course expires: 
12/31/2016
Event starts: 
10/22/2015 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/22/2015 - 12:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Teach Me What To Say, Communication Skills for Seriously Ill Patients and Families
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Community Memorial Hospital
W180 N8085 Town Hall Road
Treiber Conference Center
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
United States

Planning Committee:
Dr. David Goldberg                            
Diane Ehn, VP Quality
Deborah Gordon

Speaker: Dr. David Weissman, MD

All persons in control of content have NO relevant financial relationships to disclose

Available Credit

  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 4.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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