Times:
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Mountain
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific
Program Overview:
Physicians and nurses find it uncomfortable to openly discuss death. Typically these discussions are left for very late in the disease course, if they occur at all. Discussing palliative care with patients and their families focuses on relief of suffering, psychosocial support and closure near the end of life. In this webcast, Richard J. Wall, MD, MPH, will provide methods for communicating with families of critically ill patients in order to provide optimal outcomes. Additional faculty will present information on how ICU staff can cope with the difficulties of death and dying in the ICU in order to overcome their communication barriers and work more effectively with patients and their families.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webcast participants will be able to:
- Explore family-focused outcomes and what they mean to staff, patients and their loved ones
- Discuss the role of ethics and how multiprofessional teams can consider these matters in dealing with families
- Review how to help staff utilize services to reduce their own stress when dealing with families in these difficult moments
- Review best practices related to respect for cultural and spiritual needs
Schedule: (Time reflects central time zone)
1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Introduction
Patricia A. Glover, BSN, MS (Moderator)
1:05 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Talking to Families: Optimal Outcomes, Ethics
and Effective Language
Richard J. Wall, MD, MPH
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. The Family and Patients Needs are Met:
What Can be Done for Staff?
Patsy D. Treece, RN, MN
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session
Faculty:
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Richard J. Wall, MD, MPH
Director, Critical Care
Valley Medical Center
Seattle, WA USA |
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Patsy D. Treece, RN, MN
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA USA |
Target Audience
This continuing medical education offering is intended to meet the needs of all physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other providers who care for the critically ill patient.
Type of Activity
This activity is intended to apply best practice methods for managing the ICU patient.
Competencies
SCCM supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies:
Clinical Knowledge
Quality Improvement and Patient safety
Multiprofessional Teamwork
Communication
Patient and Family satisfaction
CE/CME Credit
Physicians
Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™.
Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Nurses
This program has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 1.5 contact hours.
Pharmacists
The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course provides up to 1.5 contact hours of continuing education credit (0236-0000-12-454-L04-P). Pharmacists must complete the online verification form to confirm sessions attended and upon completion, a certificate can be downloaded and printed.
Obtaining CE/CME credits
To obtain credit, please complete the following evaluation. You will be prompted to complete your CE/CME credit application, for the live activity only, by logging in with your SCCM customer is and password. You will need your SCCM customer number to continue. Click here if you have forgotten your user ID. Your password should be your last name, unless you have changed it. If you have any questions, please contact education@sccm.org or call +1-847-827-6869.
Reprint a copy of the CE/CME certificate.
System Requirements
Audio speakers
PC-based attendees:
Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees:
Mac OS®X 10.4(Tiger®) or newer
