Physician orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Education by Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC)

Physician orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Education is organized by Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) and will be held from Aug 15 - 16, 2018 at San Diego County Medical Society, San Diego, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11.5 CEUs.

Course Description:
POLST: It Starts with a Conversation is a two-day program designed to help healthcare providers and organizations develop the skills necessary to have quality POLST conversations. Using the standardized California POLST curriculum, and presented in a train-the-trainer format, the program guides participants through the POLST form and uses role-playing exercises to model the complex scenarios that arise during end-of-life care discussions.

Course Objectives:
• List the differences between an Advance Health Care Directive and the POLST form
• Differentiate between POLST and Do Not Resuscitate forms (DNRs)
• Understand the POLST form and identify the target population for POLST
• Facilitate POLST conversations with a patient or surrogate, and document the patient’s treatment wishes on a POLST form
• Facilitate group or community presentations on POLST
• Describe the purpose of the National POLST Paradigm

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.