Essentials of Palliative Care

Saturday, September 30, 2023, 12:00 AM - Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 11:59 PM, On Demand

Internet Enduring Material sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Palliative care can help ease suffering and improve well being in people living with serious illness. Essentials of Palliative Care is a case-based course designed to help us better understand and practice the principles of palliative medicine—communication, psychosocial support and addressing goals of care—in effort to improve quality of life for cancer patients and their families. Essentials of Palliative Care features presentations from a variety of Stanford palliative medicine clinicians as well as video scenes with a fictional patient experiencing colon cancer.

  Original Release Date: September 30, 2020
  Review Date:  September 28, 2023
  Expiration Date: September 29, 2026
  Estimated Time to Complete: 11.5 Hours
  Registration Fee: FREE

Click Begin (at the top) to learn more about how to enroll in the course. 

View entire series: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/palliative-care-always

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (11.50 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credits (11.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (11.50 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (11.50 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (11.50 hours)

1. Determine the scope and role of palliative care as part of a patient and family care plan
2. Develop goals of care and advance care planning, communicate treatment decisions with patients and families on a regular basis, and document those goals and treatments
3. Incorporate empathy, active listening, and specialized communication protocols (e.g. SPIKES and NURSE) to effectively communicate with patients and their families
4. Refer patients and their families to specialists as needed to support their psychosocial wellbeing

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine 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

American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 11.5 ANCC contact hours.  

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 11.5 continuing education credits. 

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) - Enduring Materials 
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This enduring activity is designated for 11.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 09/29/26. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent to their participation.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

References/Bibliography
For a complete list, please view the References/Bibliography page in the Course.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.