Whether you’re a seasoned palliative care specialist or a healthcare professional looking to gain skills necessary to care for those living with serious illness, the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has what you are looking for. CAPC is a national organization committed to “improving quality of life, advancing health equity and strengthening care delivery for people living with serious illness, and their caregivers. They provide health care professionals and organizations with the tools, training, and insights necessary to make health care work better for everyone.” according to their website. Examples of their training include:
- Strengthening Your Communication Skills– 5 courses with free CE and MOC credits:
- Delivering Serious News to Patients and Caregivers
- Communicating Prognosis to Patients and Caregivers
- Leading Goals of Care Conversations
- Conducting Effective Patient and Caregiver Meetings
- Care Planning Conversations
- Toolkits– technical assistance and tools for PC Teams; serious illness Strategies for health systems, etc; resources for skill building among clinicians from all specialties and disciplines and more.
- Billing and Coding
- Caregiver Support Program Implementation
- Contracting to Finance Palliative Care Services
Other ways they support their members include:
- Virtual Office Hours are small group consulting calls with experienced faculty who will answer your questions on a wide variety of topics including:
- Marketing Palliative Care
- Inpatient Billing and Coding
- Well-Being Debriefing to Address the Challenges of Our Work
- The Role of Spiritual Care on the Palliative Care Team
- Interprofessional Ground Rounds offer real-time Q&Q about complex patient cases, learning from leaders in the field and each other. Case reviews include:
- Suzetrigine: A First in Class Non-Opioid for Acute Moderate to Severe Pain
- Integrating Palliative Care in ALS: Managing Symptoms and Improving Quality of Life
- Massage Therapy in Serious Illness: Building the Case for Interprofessional Integration
- Live & On-Demand Webinars with a variety of topics including:
- Mid-Career Realities in Palliative Care: Challenges, Growth and Sustainability
- Standardizing the Palliative Performance Scale: Improving Accuracy and Consistency Across Teams
All these resources are free to members. Not sure if your organization is a member? You can check to see if they are. If not and you want more information on membership you can contact CAPC here. SDAHO members will receive a 15% discount on their first year of membership.
