OVERVIEW

Culture & End of Life Care: Collaborating with Interdisciplinary Partners is organized by Virtual Lecture Hall (VLH).

Current CME Approval Period: November 1, 2022 - October 31, 2028
Original Release Date: November 1, 2010

Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:

  • Analyze the advantages of using a skilled interpreter with limited English proficiency (LEP) patients or patients who don't speak English at all.
  • Learn how and why to conduct a pre-session with an interpreter.
  • Identify strategies for successful communication when working with an interpreter.
  • Elicit the patient's perspective when a family member tries to speak for her.
  • Encourage the patient to learn what Western medicine offers, so she can make an informed decision.
  • Negotiate a treatment plan, offering your recommendations while respecting the patient's perspective.
  • Collaborate with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers to meet the patient's treatment goals.
  • Build a lasting relationship with the patient.
  • Observe that members of the same family and culture may hold different spiritual values.
  • Identify several options for resolving conflicting values.
  • Analyze the results when spiritual needs are addressed in planning end-of-life care.
  • Analyze how different approaches to ethical decision-making might lead to conflict between a physician and a nurse.
  • Identify possible pitfalls in handling interdisciplinary conflict.
  • Assess strategies for addressing interdisciplinary conflicts effectively.
Credits

ACCME/AMA PRA Accreditation Statement
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 The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Talaria, Inc.. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Recognition Statement(s)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.50 Medical Knowledge Part II MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

If you elect to receive MOC credit for this course, you give permission for VLH.com to share your information and activity completion data with the ACCME and the specialty board(s) chosen through the ACCME's Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

  • 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • 1.5 MOC
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    Physician

    SPECIALITIES

    Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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