Announcing the Advance Care Planning Facilitator Training – Fall 2024
Virtual Four-Part Series:
Consecutive Mondays – Nov. 18 & 25, Dec. 2 & 9
Time of Each Session: noon – 1:15pm
These are interactive sessions and registrants are expected to attend all four sessions (zoom link and pre- session handouts will be sent to attendees each week)
The Foundation for Healthy Communities is offering a four-part series for health care professionals whose work includes facilitating discussions with individuals/families that lead to completion of Advance Directives. The workshop is appropriate for physicians, nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Social Workers, Chaplains, EOL Doulas and other professionals. It will include a review of the statutory requirements for Advance Directives, technical and practical components, and strategies to engage in meaningful conversations.
- Basic concepts of ACP and history of Advance Directives
- Detailed attention to the Advance Directive forms and rules
- Skills in introducing and informing consumers about Advance Care Planning
- Skills in advising health care colleagues about Advance Directives, Medical surrogacy, and guardianship
- An opportunity to discuss challenging cases and conversations
Instructors:
- Pat O’Connor, MSN, APRN, ACHPN
- Lora Gerard, MPA
- Rosemary George, RN, MSN
- Philip Lawson, MD
To Register Online: https://nhha.regfox.com/advanced-care-planning-training-acp—fall-2024
A $99.00 registration fee covers the CE credits, administrative costs and training session materials.
Questions? For more information please contact Janice McDermott, Health Care Decisions Coalition Coordinator, at [email protected].
CEU Credits
Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center is an approved provider with distinction of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
5.0 contact hours (1.25 per session) Activity Number: 1517
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Southern NH AHEC and Foundation for Healthy Communities. The Southern NH AHEC is accredited by the NH Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA category 1 Credit (s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program has been approved for 5.0 Category A Continuing Education Credits, by the National Association of Social Workers, NH Chapter. CEU #4089
For other professionals: 5.0 professional hours of continuing education.
The Foundation for Healthy Communities has served as the leading resource for advance care and end of life care planning, including POLST, for patients and their families, medical providers, hospitals, and health systems throughout the state since 1998.
