Add to Calendar 2021 Palliative Care Symposium 9/17/2021 8:00:00 AM 9/17/2021 5:00:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/Pall2021 Description: This symposium is designed for interprofessional team members, including nurses, physicians, occupational therapists, social workers and chaplains who are involved in working with patients who have life-limiting illnesses and/or have need of palliative care, as well as their families. Virtual false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, September 17, 2021, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Target Audience
Specialties - Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Multiple Specialties, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Social Work, Speech Language Pathology

Overview
This symposium is designed for interprofessional team members, including nurses, physicians, occupational therapists, social workers and chaplains who are involved in working with patients who have life-limiting illnesses and/or have need of palliative care, as well as their families.

Objectives
  1. Discuss strategies for building a process for advance care planning and managing complex cases.
  2. Identify specific considerations for palliative care in the advanced heart failure and pediatric population.
  3. Determine the focus of palliative medicine concepts in the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) setting.
  4. Evaluate the efficacy of time-limited trials in the intensive care unit (ICU) for improving quality of family meetings and ICU length of stay.
  5. Investigate and utilize tools for helping self, patients, and families address trauma and grief.

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed.

We will issue refunds up until 5 days after the event to the original payment method. Refund requests need to be submitted in writing to [email protected].

Recordings will be made available for those unable to attend the live program.

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Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

VCU Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health designates this activity for a maximum of 6.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 02674. This distance learning-interactive course is offered at 0.625 CEUs (introductory level, foundational knowledge). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. VCU Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.25 general and 1 ethics continuing education credits.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 

 

Accommodation
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.  If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. 

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to [email protected].  

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

 If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted. 

 The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.  


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.25 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (6.25 hours), AOTA Introductory, Foundational Knowledge CEUs (0.63 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (6.25 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (6.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.25 hours)