
Goals of Care Discussions During COVID-19: Talking About What Everyone is Finally Talking About


Activity Length: 27 minutes
Test Time: 5 minutes
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
- Define goals of care;
- Discuss the importance of goals of care and code status discussions during a pandemic;
- Describe how to develop scripts for discussions with patients and families;
- Recite R.E.M.A.P., an adaptable framework for having difficult discussions with patients and their family members;
- Identify appropriate patients to target for goals of care discussions.
Commercial Support: This CME-certified activity has not requested or received any support or funding from commercial interests. This includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.

This work is conducted by the Illinois Area Health Education Centers Network Program, funded by grant No.U77HP26847 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, and administered by the National Center for Rural Health Professions at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine - Rockford.
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 Nursing Contact Hours
- 0.50 Participation
FACULTY

Assistant Professor
Palliative Care and Emergency Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
PUBLICATIONS
View a partial list of Dr. Neugarten's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
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Aliza Baron, AM owns stock in Eli Lilly. No one else in a position to control the educational content of this activity has any other relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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Social Worker Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for the Goals of Care Discussions During COVID-19: Talking About What Everyone is Finally Talking About for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.
0.50 social work continuing education units are provided for this enduring activity.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
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