OVERVIEW

Culture & End of Life Care: Conversations with Patients and Families 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:

  • Compare methods of giving bad news to a patient.
  • Consider ways to respond when a patient is overwhelmed and raises questions that are difficult to answer.
  • Identify a series of steps that physicians can take to examine and address their own emotions in order to preserve the quality of patient care and protect the physician's well-being.
  • Elicit information from family members to clarify the incapacitated patient's motivations when she completed a living will.
  • Sort the facts surrounding an ethical question in an end-of-life situation.
  • Develop and consider options for resolving ethical issues.
  • Give advice to patients about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM )based on evidence.
  • Negotiate treatment plans with patients who elect to use CAM along with conventional care.
  • Monitor patients' usage of CAM.
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 1.00 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 1.00 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 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1 MOC
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    Physician

    SPECIALITIES

    Patient and Family Centered CareHospice and Palliative Medicine

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