OVERVIEW

2022 Serious Illness Communication Project Pre-Course [IEM] is organized by Baylor Scott & White Health - The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education.

Course opens: 06/15/2022
Course expires: 06/30/2023

Mission: To improve the treatment of seriously ill patients and families via more frequent, earlier, and better conversations encouraging patient-centered goals of care

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participants should be able to:
• Outline how better communication in serious illness leads to better patient-centered outcomes;
• Utilize a checklist approach to serious illness conversations; use a systems approach to improving conversations in serious illness including patient identification, provider training, and EMR documentation;
• List at least 3 barriers to effective serious illness conversations; interpret the data behind the Surprise Question as a means of identifying patients for whom a serious illness conversation is appropriate;
• Utilize the Surprise Question in practice in the office setting

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.