Activity ID
10416Expires
February 3, 2026Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1Fee
$150CME Provider: Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO)
Description of CME Course
The strategies in this activity are presented to help healthcare practitioners and nurses take steps—based on conversations with patients—to alleviate patients’ distress and expand their comfort at the end of life.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
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Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Have conversations with patients about their values and their wishes related to advance care planning.
2. Use various protocols or conversation guides to foster in-depth conversations about end-of-life wishes with seriously ill patients.
3. Use communication skills to provide comfort and closure to seriously ill patients and their family members.
Keywords
End of Life, Communication, Patient Centered Care, Five Wishes, SPIKES
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
