This 3-module curriculum is intended to build person-centered ACP skills of physician and advanced practitioners. The overall goal of this curriculum is to assist physicians in identifying practical steps to integrate basic ACP into everyday practices, especially for patients who have not started the planning process.

1. First Steps Advance Care Planning Facilitation Overview
2. Facilitating First Steps Advance Care Planning Conversations
3. Facilitating First Steps Advance Care Planning Conversations with Adults with Chronic Illness
4. Communication Skills for Facilitating Advance Care Planning Conversations
5. Facilitating Advanced Steps Advance Care Planning Conversations
6. Facilitating Next Steps Advance care Planning Conversations

After completing all course-specific modules and the evaluations, you will receive access to print continuing education certificates. Go to www.gundersenhealth.org/respecting-choices/training-and-certification/online-courses/facilitator for complete course information including continuing education credits, conflict of interest statements, and financial disclosures.

Objectives

1. Define the term advance directive or advance care plan
2. Define the process of advance care planning
3. List the consequences of completing an advance directive or advance care plan without the process of advance care planning
4. Describe the components of basic advance care planning for any adult
5. List the qualities of a person (healthcare agent) selected to make healthcare decisions for another adult who becomes incapacitated
6. Identify the importance of understanding local regulations, policies, and community materials that assist with advance care planning

After completing all the module and the evaluation, you will receive access to print a continuing education certificate for 0.6 contact or clock hours.

Planners have an employment relationship with Gundersen Medical Foundation, Inc. We are a provider of the program, but we do not endorse any commercial products in conjunction with this program. Off-label use of any products will not be discussed.

Planning Committee Bernard J. Hammes, PhD; Linda Briggs, MS, MA, RN; Angela Page, MSN, RN; Irene Teneyck, MSW

Commercial Support There is no commercial support for this program.

Objectives

1. Assess for the presence of a written advance directive (AD) in a variety of settings (e.g., clinic, hospital, long-term care facility)
2. Obtain information on the substance of a completed, written advance directive currently not available
3. Assess the need for information on advance directives and advance care planning when no written advance directive exists
4. Assess for evidence of healthcare preferences when patients are incapable of making their own healthcare decisions
5. Provide information on current medical condition as appropriate
6. Assess the need for information to assist with healthcare decision-making
7. Advocate for a plan of care consistent with preferences for future healthcare decision-making and involve others as necessary

After completing both modules and the evaluation, you will receive access to print a continuing education certificate for 1.2 contact or clock hours.

Planners have an employment relationship with Gundersen Medical Foundation, Inc. We are a provider of the program, but we do not endorse any commercial products in conjunction with this program. Off-label use of any products will not be discussed.

Planning Committee Bernard J. Hammes, PhD; Linda Briggs, MS, MA, RN; Angela Page, MSN, RN; Irene Teneyck, MSW

Commercial Support There is no commercial support for this program.