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ForwardIntercultural Palliative Care and End-of-life Training
Modern healthcare has provided new science and technology that has cured many illnesses and at the same time prolonged the experience of living with chronic illness and the process of dying. This course will provide the knowledge, expertise and standards of practice across healthcare settings, with the aim of relieving suffering and supporting the best possible quality-of-life for our patients and their families. Participants will gain tools to improve palliative/end-of-life care, familiarizing them with the "Caregiving Together" and "Think Through" processes to better identify needs and cultural differences of patients and families.
Instructions: This course is made up of three online modules which are all required,and they are pre-requisites for participation in the live session. Registration for the live session is through the Palliative Care department.
Target Audience
Physicians, Psychologists (Instructional Level: Intermediate), Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Nursing Care Technicians, Respiratory Therapists, Social Workers, Dietitians and Clinical Chaplains that provide palliative/end-of-life care.
Baptist Health South Florida is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baptist Health South Florida maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Learning Objectives
- Utilize the "Caregiving Together" theory and "Think Through" process to communicate to patients and their families during palliative/end of life care.
- Identify the unique needs and cultural differences of patients and their families.
Main Contributors and Faculty Information
The main contributors and faculty for this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* and the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.
*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.50 Medical Knowledge 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.
Your participation information will be shared with the ACCME, which will in turn report your points to ABIM. Successful completion of a course examination is required to earn ABIM MOC points.
NOTE: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points will be automatically reported to the ABIM. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
Available Credit
- 4.50 ABIM MOC II
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.50 Psychology CE
- 4.50 General certificate of attendance
- 4.50 Florida Board of Dietitians
- 4.50 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
- 4.50 Nurse Practitioners
- 4.50 Florida Board of Nursing
- 4.50 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Instructions: You must complete all 3 sections for credit.
NOTE: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points will be automatically reported to the ABIM. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
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