A Closer Look at Advance Care Planning: Your Role - 5559

A Closer Look at Advance Care Planning: Your Role

This workshop aims to overcome barriers to practice by providing health professionals with the skills to instigate Advance Care Planning (ACP) discussions, equipping them with the confidence to facilitate family meetings and providing them with information to discuss the ethical and legal issues that are involved with end-of-life decision making. The workshop will provide health professionals with WA specific Advance Care Planning information, tools and resources.

Relevance to general practice
In a time of change around greater, client-centred care and decision making, Advance Care Planning (ACP) has become an integral part of general practice and primary health care in a move to improve patient outcomes (Mitchell GK, 2014). In Australia, the figures of Advance Care Planning completion are low despite support and legislations being put in place in every state and territory (Mann et. al, 2017).

Learning outcomes:

• Identify the components of Advance Care Planning specific to individual need
  Demonstrate an increase in confidence to initiate a family conference for a palliative care case
  Discuss futile interventions, ‘at risk’ patients and the need for Advance Care Planning
  Demonstrate a greater understanding of the health professional’s role in end of life decision making
  Discuss the ethical and legal issues involved in Advance Care Planning

This education forms an Accredited Activity under the RACGP QI&CPD Program. Activity number: 125892

Date: 11 April 2018

Time: Registration 8.15am, 8.30am - 4pm

Venue: Seminar Room, Cancer Council WA at 15 Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park

Target Audience: GPs, Doctors, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Facility Managers, Pastoral Care Workers, Aboriginal Health Workers, Assistants in Nursing, Counsellors, Practice Nurses, Primary Health Professionals, Residential Aged Care, Social Workers

Speakers -

Grace Buchanan
Palliative and Supportive Care Manager

Simon Towler
Clinical Lead South Metropolitan Health Service Futures Program.
Staff Specialist Intensive Care Unit
Fiona Stanley Hospital

Kim Greeve
Advance Care Planning Project Officer WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network

Parking: Free parking is available at 15 Bedbrook Place. See the map below for visitors parking information and directions to the Seminar Room.