OVERVIEW

Culture & End of Life Care: Patients' Beliefs and Values 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:
• Ask questions that will help you gather information on the patient's Explanatory Model, or understanding, of her illness experience.
• Organize your approach to culture using the LEARN mnemonic: Listen, Explain, Acknowledge, • Recommend, and Negotiate.
• Elicit and respond to patients' faith-based values and goals for care.
• Enable patients to anticipate and consider aspects of the dying process they might not have considered.
• Facilitate communication with others who will be involved in patients' end-of-life care.
• Incorporate patients' values and preferences in advance care planning.
• Identify options for responding to requests from a patient's family that raise ethical questions.
• Analyze how to offer truth in order to elicit your patients' preferences.
• Negotiate solutions that respect patients' preferences as well as your ethical duty.
• Evaluate evidence for and against complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices.
• Advise patients on the basis of evidence.
• Negotiate treatment plans with patients who incorporate CAM.
• Build trust and promote open communication with patients.

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 MedicinePatient and Family Centered Care

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