Advance Care Planning

CPD Credits10

Deliver better end-of-life care for your patients

This online course, aimed at doctors who are decision makers in end-of-life care, is designed to develop confidence in advance care planning.

Caring for people at the end of life is an important part of your role as a doctor. Unfortunately, studies show that people often receive end-of-life care that is inconsistent with their wishes and does not meet their needs.

Every patient's needs are unique and working through the emotional and social stresses faced by a dying person and their family can be difficult.

You will develop a better understanding of your role and that of other members of the multidisciplinary team. You will also learn about promoting greater choice, control and communication of care preferences across the team, across agencies and across care settings.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:

- Explain advance care planning and its role in decision making
- Facilitate advance care planning in the healthcare setting
- Explain the elements of cultural differences that impact effective advance care planning
- Adopt and use conflict management tools to facilitate advance care planning
- Enable decisions on resuscitation

Who is this course suitable for?

This course is suitable for doctors who are decision makers in end-of-life care but it also suitable for all doctors.