POLST: It Starts With A Conversation
Train-the-Trainer:
Prepare your team for having the POLST conversation
POLST: It Starts with a Conversation is a two-day program designed to help healthcare providers and organizations develop the skills necessary to have quality POLST conversations. Using the standardized California POLST curriculum, and presented in a train-the-trainer format, the program guides participants through the POLST form and uses role-playing exercises to model the complex scenarios that arise during end-of-life care discussions.
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- List the differences between an Advance Health Care Directive and the POLST form
- Differentiate between POLST and Do Not Resuscitate forms (DNRs)
- Understand the POLST form and identify the target population for POLST
- Facilitate POLST conversations with a patient or surrogate, and document the patient’s treatment wishes on a POLST form
- Facilitate group or community presentations on POLST
- Describe the purpose of the National POLST Paradigm
Holding quality conversations about care at the end of life can be difficult for anyone, and this is especially true for healthcare providers who need to talk with seriously ill patients and their loved ones about treatment options near the end of life.
When a POLST is completed and signed without first having a quality conversation, it may not fully reflect the wishes of the patient, and could later lead to unwanted treatment and confusion on the part of a surrogate decision maker or loved ones.
In addition to learning the specifics of the California POLST, this training spends a great deal of time role playing quality conversations about treatment options at end of life.
POLST: It Starts with a Conversation is relevant education for POLST-like programs throughout the United States, and we welcome attendees from outside of California.
The California standardized POLST curriculum was developed by the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, the home for POLST in California.
February 23-24, 2016
Sharp HospiceCare
8520 Tech Way, Suite 200
Tech Way 124A, 125A
San Diego, CA 92123
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EARLY PRICING
CCCC Members: $299
Non-Members: $349
REGULAR PRICING
CCCC Members: $349
Non-Members: $389
Includes 11.5 CEU for nurses, social workers, chaplains, and nursing home administrators.