Digital Serious Illness Conversation Guide Training

The Digital Serious Illness Conversation Guide Training introduces learners to the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, a tool to help them have more, earlier, and better conversations with their patients about their goals, values and priorities to inform their (the patients’) care.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers & other members of the healthcare team.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate thorough understanding of the components of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide
  2. Use the guide to enhance communication skills in a clinical setting through practice
  3. Reflect on their own strengths and challenges in using the Guide
  4. Demonstrate confidence and comfort in talking to patients and their families about serious illness and palliative care
  5. Demonstrate understanding of ways in which interprofessional approaches to serious illness conversations can support learning and practice, as well as patient care

Additional Information

Provided by: 

Ariadne Labs - Serious Illness Care Program & Mass General Brigham

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.25 Participation
  • 1.25 Continuing Education Credits for Social Workers
Course opens: 
02/21/2024
Course expires: 
02/01/2027
Cost:
$0.00

Erik Fromme, MD, MCR, FAAHPM - Course Director
Senior Scientist, Serious Illness Care Program - Ariadne Labs
Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Nora Downey, BA
Senior Project Manager, Serious Illness Care Program - Ariadne Labs

Amanda Murphy, RN
Clinical Implementation Specialist, Serious Illness Care Program - Ariadne Labs

Disclosure Summary of Relevant Financial Relationships 

Given the non-clinical subject matter of this course, there is nothing to disclose regarding faculty financial relationships.

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham 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.

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 1.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mass General Brigham 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. Mass General Brigham maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credit.

MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 1.25 Participation
  • 1.25 Continuing Education Credits for Social Workers

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Our Course Coordinator can assist you with any questions or concerns. Please contact seriousillnesscare@ariadnelabs.org if you need assistance.