2023 What is Palliative Care

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 7:00 AM - Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7:00 AM

No cost for this education.

Learners will understand a palliative approach, the specialty of Palliative Medicine and how it differs from others.

1. Define palliative care, including how it is delivered, what patients need it, and how it differs from hospice.
2. Discuss the role of a palliative approach for seriously ill patients that includes both an inpatient and outpatient settings.
3. Recall what is included in a palliative approach to patient care.
4. Identify and apply examples of patient populations who may benefit from a palliative approach to care.
5. Discuss the role of an interdisciplinary palliative approach for seriously ill patients that includes both an inpatient and outpatient.

In support of improving patient care, Avera 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 Designations

	This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.75 IPCE credits for learning and change.
	Medicine CME:  Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit
	Nurse: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 0.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	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 0.75 hours for nursing facility administrators.
	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 0.75 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.