PASSWORDMANAGEMENT
COURSE DETAILS
Course Length: 5.5 Hours
Effort: Flexible
Format: Self-paced, Online
Cost: $87
Hours: 5.5 CE
Discipline(s): Physicians/PAs/NPs
Overview
Effective communication is a cornerstone of quality palliative care. Communicating effectively with children, teens, and young adults with serious illness, and their families, requires a skilled approach that is attuned to the patient's developmental age and stage. This course explores topics central to communicating with young patients and their families, including clarifying goals and values to facilitate decision making, responding to families that wish to limit information to young patients, and managing conflict.
What You'll Learn
- Explore decision-making tools appropriate for children, teens, and young adults
- Master strategies to help in sharing serious news with a seriously ill child, teen, or young adult and their family
- Recognize when families are engaged in a "conspiracy of silence"
- Apply effective techniques for communicating with complex, challenging, and complicated families
- Manage conflict and utilize creative strategies to encourage open expression
What You'll Earn
5.5 continuing education (CE) credits provided through California State University San Marcos (大发) Extended Learning, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
Who Should Enroll
All clinicians working with pediatric patients in any care setting
Completion and Refunds
To complete this course and obtain a certificate, you must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. No refunds are given for self-paced courses. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.
In Partnership with CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
In collaboration with the , an institute of the California State University, we offer cutting-edge palliative care education. For over a decade, the Institute has empowered healthcare professionals across diverse healthcare settings with high-quality palliative care programs. Through an advanced online platform, these programs cater to the unique needs of organizations, ensuring top-tier instruction and support for current and future healthcare professionals as well as the community.
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