My name is Emma and I am the CNE for Advance Care Planning,
I am excited to be running 6x virtual education sessions where each month I will be focusing on a different aspect of Advance Care Planning.
These sessions run from 2pm – 2.45pm and are targeted at all health professionals working in MLHD, regardless of your role or workplace, I invite you all to attend.
The sessions are designed to be interactive, we encourage if able you have the ability to access the camera and a keyboard to participate in the discussion.
For further information or enquiries, please contact Emma Murphy
E: Emma.Murphy8@health.nsw.gov.au | Ph: 0439 987 925
What will the sessions cover?
Wednesday August 6th: Topic One: Facilitating Goals of Care, The Role of Advance Care Planning.
What is Advance Care Planning and why is it important?
How does it benefit clinicians, patients, and organisations.
Advance Care Planning in Australia.
Advance Care Planning in NSW.
Components of Advance Care Planning.
Advance Care Plans and Directives.
What makes an ACD valid, when does it not apply and when does it need to be followed.
Wednesday September 3rd: Topic Two: Who Does What? Roles and Responsibilities in Advance Care Planning.
Having the conversation, who does it, who needs to be involved, where does this happen?
Capacity and Consent.
When to utilise an ACD.
Escalation of concerns and handing over to other clinicians/facilities.
Wednesday October 1st: Topic Three: Ethics and the Law in Advance Care Planning.
What Clinicians Need to Know.
Capacity, Consent and ACP in NSW.
ACP in other states and territories.
Common Law.
ACP terminology: Enduring Guardian, Substitute Decision Maker.
Signing, witnessing and validity.
VAD, tissue and organ donation.
Resources and support available.
Wednesday November 19th: Topic Four: When to Begin, What to Say and When to Say More:
A Guide to having Advance Care Planning Conversations.
Who with? When? How to have the conversation.
Preparing for ACP discussions.
Responding to cues from patients and families.
Communication.
Wednesday February 4th: Topic Five: Understanding the Differences: Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Directives and NFR Orders.
The purpose of each vs the differences.
When would someone need one of these documents.
When does it get completed and how long does it last.
When should it be used?
What happens if my patient does not have any of the above?
Wednesday March 4th: Topic Six: How to Complete and Access an Advance Care Directive: A Guide for Clinicians.
A breakdown of each section of the ACD.
ACD in NSW.
How to find on EMR.
Where to upload this.
Information for patients and families (accessing, storage, copies).
Changing/Revoking an ACD.