Introduction to the incorporation of Basic Ethics Principles into the provision of Primary Palliative Care, Ken Kirton, MD

Instructions to Receive Credit

Monday, January 17, 2022, 8:00 AM - Saturday, December 31, 2022, 5:00 PM, Avera CE Portal

The presentation is a brief introduction to the incorporation of basic ethics principles into the provision of primary palliative care. The presentation will review standard clinical ethics principles and a starting framework for how to integrate clinical ethics considerations into a primary palliative care medical encounter.


Physicians  Avera is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Avera designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses (NCPD)  Avera is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  A total of 1.25 contact hours can be received upon completion of this education activity.

Social Workers  Avera Health Provider #1029 is an approved provider of continuing education by the South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners.  Social Workers will receive 1.25 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.

Nursing Facility Administrators  Avera is an approved provider of continuing education for South Dakota through the South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators. This educational activity is approved for 1.25 hours for nursing facility administrators.

1. Define 4(four) core ethic principles for providing primary palliative care.
2. Give an example of a model for how to evaluate a patient’s medical decisional capacity and discuss determination of Health power of attorney (POA) for health care.
3. List potential situations where ethical principles and concerns should be considered/addressed while providing primary palliative care.
4. Describe complicating factors that can influence the provision of ethical/appropriate primary palliative care.
5. Differentiate Informed consent, medical decisional capacity, determination of competency, and health power of attorney.

Fee:

$1,000 - Registration without Promo Code

*Register at the South Dakota Palliative Care Network Education Series for the promo code to attend at no cost.  In the registration confirmation email is a Promo Code that must be used to register for this course at no cost.  If you did not receive the promo code, contact [email protected].

Department Sponsor:  Avera applied and received a grant from Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Rural Health Network Development (RHND) Program in the US Department of Health & Human Services Administration (HRSA).  This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $900,000 with a percentage financed with nongovernmental sources.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the US Government.

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