Learning Module for Essentials 5: Communication and Teamwork

Learning Module for Essentials 5: Communication and Teamwork is organized by American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).

Release Date: 08/31/2020
Expiry Date: 09/18/2023

Description:
This learning module corresponds to the fifth book in the Essentials series, focusing on communication and teamwork. This module serves as a tool for orientation, ongoing assessment and training in effective communication strategies when speaking with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals to create awareness and work as an effective team.
Instead of traditional posttests, each Essentials book has a corresponding online confidence-based learning module, delivered using amplifire™ software. This system serves as a great tool for orientation, ongoing assessment, and training. The learning modules are designed to test your level of knowledge and level of confidence in each topic area presented in the book series.  

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this online module the learner should be better able to:
• Demonstrate effective strategies when communicating with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals
• Identify the positive impacts of effective communication
• Identify patient, family and provider barriers to effective communication
• Demonstrate effective techniques when communicating serious news
• Demonstrate effective techniques for eliciting patient goals for medical care and achieving a shared decision
• Utilize a framework for discussing prognosis and assessing prognostic awareness
• Describe family systems theory and counseling techniques to facilitate family conferences
• Describe the roles and functions of team members to interact more effectively as a team member
• Employ conflict-resolution skills to promote effective teamwork
• Utilize a framework to guide decisions about respecting confidentiality
• Demonstrate effective techniques to manage the stress associated with caring for patients with terminal illness

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.