Sharing the Experience:Sharing the Experience: Advance Care Planning in the State of Indiana

Program DescriptionThis continuing education program will explore the current state of advance care planning in Indiana including resources available across the state, programs that are available to facilitate advance care planning conversations, discussion of new ideas related to planning, hospice and palliative care facts, and the future of advance care planning in Indiana.

Target AudiencePhysicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, health facility administrators, clergy, chaplains and other interested health professionals

Learning ObjectivesAt the completion of this program the participant will be able to:

• Identify available resources for advance care planning

• Discuss the how advance care planning can improve practice

Jointly Provided by

Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning USI College of Nursing and Health Professions

Deaconess Hospital

St. Vincent Hospital

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.

The New Harmony Inn Conference Center

New Harmony, Indiana

For more information about this program and to register go to:

/www.usi.edu/health/center-for-health-professions-lifelong-learning/conferences-and-workshops/advance-care-planning-conference/

SpeakersDeborah Laxson, founder of the Health Care Agent Literacy Project, LLC and author of the award winning book, "The Gray Zone: When Life Support No Longer Supports Life"

Katie Hougham, HFA, MBA, BS, is the current ACP coordinator for the Northeast Indiana Coalition for ACP and Honoring Choices® Indiana. Katie is a certified Last Steps® Organization Faculty and First Steps® facilitator/instructor through Respecting Choices®, an internationally recognized model for advance care planning.

Stacy Wenk, DO, RPH, FACP, is a Hospitalist with a focus on geriatrics, end of life care and health disparities. She is President elect of the Indiana State Medical Association and works with its legislative team to help promote regulatory changes involving end of life care needs.

Kevin J. Valadares, PhD, is a professor of Health Services and chair of the Master of Health Administration program at the University of Southern Indiana. He holds a doctorate in health care ethics from Saint Louis University and is a Respecting Choices® First Steps® Last Steps® instructor/facilitator.

Disability AccomodationsIf you should need disability related accommodations, please contact Outreach and Engagement at 812-464-1989 or email at outreach@usi.edu. It is recommended that you make this request at the earliest possible date to ensure that the requested accommodations are in place when needed.

Course Schedule

10:00 –10:15 a.m.

Registration

WelcomeKevin Valadares, PhD

The Gray Zone: Lessons Learned as a Health Care AgentDeborah Laxson

Honoring Choices IndianaKatie Hougham, HFA, MBA, BS

Break

A Physician's Perspective on Telling Patients & Families the Truth About the Dying Process Stacy Wenk, DO

LUNCH

Screening of The End GameKevin Valadares, PhD

Discussion via ZOOM of The End Game Kevin Valadares, PhD

Break

Your Health Care Directive: Will Your Agent and Family Be Ready to Respect and Implement YOUR Choices?Deborah Laxson

Update on Advance Care Planning Projects in Southern Indiana Kevin Valadares, PhD

New Harmony Conversations NHC Group

Registration InformationCost: $75 if registering by September 10; thereafter $85 (includes refreshments and materials). Undergraduate students $15

Location: The New Harmony Inn Conference Center, New Harmony, Indiana.

Refund Policy: Registration fees are refundable, less a $10 service charge, until September 25. No refunds will be made after that date.

For more information about this program and to register go to: https://www.usi.edu/health/center-for-health-professions-lifelong-learning/conferences-and-workshops/advance-care-planning-conference/

Continuing Education Credit

In support of improving patient care, University of Southern Indiana Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

State of IndianaThe University of Southern Indiana is an approved provider of continuing education for several professionals licensed in the state of Indiana, including social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and dental professionals. Social workers in other states should check for approval on a program-by-program basis.

The University of Southern Indiana has been approved by the Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators as a sponsor of continuing education programs for health facility administrators (License #98000033A).

The provider of this educational event has designed the program so that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral competency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc.® an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains.

State of CaliforniaThe University of Southern Indiana is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #13378.

If the CEU approvals you desire are not listed in this program, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing or certification agency to arrange individual CEU approval to meet your needs.

Nurses, Indiana social workers and health facility administrators will receive up to 5.75 contact hours. Completion of the online evaluation and attestation of attendance is required within two weeks of completion of the conference in order to receive certificate of completion. No requests for certificates after two weeks will be accepted. Certificates will be emailed immediately following completion of the online evaluation.

The University of Southern Indiana Center for Health Professions Lifelong Learning designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Attendees will receive up to 5.75 contact hours with attestation of sessions attended and completed program evaluation.

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