Being Mortal 

Sponsored by Fort Wayne Medical Education Program and Parkview Health

CME program designed to increase the attendees' understanding about the importance of having conversations to explore what matters most with patients and families experiencing serious illness.

Agenda:
12:30-1p        Registration/Refreshments
1p-1:05p        Welcome/Introduction - Curtis Smith
1:05p-2:05p   Being Mortal DVD Screening
2:05p- 2:50p  Panel Discussion: Curtis Smith - Emcee --
                        * Rev. Patrick Riecke, Director of Chaplaincy and Volunteers 
                        * Marie Kolp, Legal Counsel, Clinical Risk Management, 
                        * Amy Spallinger, MSW, LCSW
2:50 - 2:55    Resource Sharing - Curtis Smith
2:55-3p         Closing Remarks - Curtis Smith

Objectives:
1. Describe key ways that improving communication about individual goals, values, and preferences can improve the quality of care received by patients with advanced illness.
2. Identify common barriers to effective conversations about end-of-life goals during serious illness and approaches for overcoming them.
3. Describe the basic components of conversations that facilitate alignment of patient's goals with the care they receive at the end of life.

Continuing Education Credit:
* Fort Wayne Medical Education Program is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Assocation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
* Fort Wayne Medical Education Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Parkview Health System (OH-427, 6/1/2018) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), and accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
The Indiana State Nurses Association has designated ONA as the official approver of CNE Providers and activities for Indiana.

This course is approved by IOTA for earning of 2 CEUs for occupational therapists.

Planning Committee:
Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Chris Brinneman, MSW, LCSW; Amy Spallinger, MSW, LCSW; Mindy Marchesano, Michelle Fulkerson, RN; Brenda Mathews, Mauna Cowan, and Cathy Ballou

 

 

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