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Sep 28
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EDU 21 - Improving Communication to Enhance Patient Care in the Palliative Setting

10:45am - 12:00pm ET
Palliative Care
Patient Safety and Quality
Advanced Practice Providers
Nurses

MODERATOR(S)

Jared Robbins, MD - Duke University School of Medicine

session DESCRIPTION

This session will provide tools to help physicians improve their communication with patients regarding treatment decisions, prognostication and whole-person care. By reviewing clinical models pertaining to prognostication in patients with metastatic cancer receiving palliative radiation, e.g., the TEACHH model, the Chow model and the NEAT model, as well as, newer models incorporating AI, this session with help clinicians better use these prognostic models to inform conversations with patients regarding treatment prognosis and treatment goals. During this session, participants will learn the 5-step ADAPT talking map developed by Vitaltalk. This talking map provides a clear and timely set of steps that guide the clinician through a complex conversation. Step 1 is "Ask what the patient knows and what they want to know;" Step 2 is "Discover what information about the future would be most helpful to know;" Step 3 is "Anticipate ambivalence;" Step 4 is "Provide information in the form the patient wants;" Step 5 is "Track emotion." Lastly, during the session, participants will learn ways to assess and respond to to patients' physical, social, emotional and spiritual components of health as part of whole-patient care.

learning objectives

  1. To apply prognostic models to aid in prognostication and inform conversations related to prognosis.
  2. To explain the essential elements for conducting a conversation on prognosis with patients and families.
  3. Assess and address the various elements of whole-person care (physical, emotional, social, spiritual).

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits: 1.00

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