Respecting Choices (RC) advance care planning (ACP) courses courses give you the tools, curricula, metrics, and strategies to enhance your ACP program and systems. Earn CE!
“I liken the RC training to ‘masters level communication skills’, rather than the basics that can be gleaned from a 2.5 hour course.” – Kellie Durgan, First Steps® ACP Faculty, Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest
Who should attend? Nurses, physicians, social workers, advanced practitioners, chaplains, pastoral care, and more!
ACP systems design & implementation
ACP Facilitator certification
ACP Instructor certification
First Steps® VIRTUAL ACP Certification Course (March 2021)
March 2021 First Steps® VIRTUAL ACP Certification Course
Respecting Choices® (RC) First Steps® (FS) Advance Care Planning (ACP) is the foundation for weaving ACP discussions into person-centered care and preventive healthcare for all adults, such as part of wellness visits. When integrated in the outpatient or community setting, and early in the course of healthcare, FS ACP discussions help to normalize the concept of planning and orient individuals to the importance of regular review and update of written plans.
Because ACP is not a one-size-fits-all conversation, ACP Facilitators must be trained to have conversations with individuals at different stages of health and in different settings of care. ACP Facilitators add value to an organization and community and are central to any program’s success.
The RC Instructor becomes certified to teach the RC ACP Facilitator Certification course. Replicating the RC approach to ACP is an important Instructor role. It requires ongoing education, competency assessment, and fidelity monitoring of RC Facilitators.
Organizations interested in replicating the FS ACP model will find it valuable to send representatives to all 3 days of our advance care planning certification courses; however, participants are welcome to attend FS ACP Facilitator Certification or Design and Implementation independently, based on their objectives.
March 2021 First Steps® VIRTUAL ACP Certification Course
Respecting Choices® (RC) Advanced Steps (AS) Advance Care Planning (ACP) is initiated as a component of quality end-of-life care for frail elders and those whose death in the next 12 months would not be unexpected. The AS planning conversation is focused on goals of care to make timely, proactive, and specific end-of-life decisions. Ideally, these decisions are converted into medical orders that can be followed throughout the continuum of care. The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program is the nationally recognized model for this stage of planning.
Because ACP is not a one-size-fits-all conversation, ACP Facilitators must be trained to have conversations with individuals at different stages of health and in different settings of care. ACP Facilitators add value to an organization and community and are central to any program’s success.
The RC Instructor becomes certified to teach the RC ACP Facilitator Certification course. Replicating the RC approach to ACP is an important Instructor role. It requires ongoing education, competency assessment, and fidelity monitoring of RC Facilitators.
Organizations interested in replicating the AS ACP model will find it valuable to send representatives to all 3 days of our advance care planning certification courses; however, participants are welcome to attend AS ACP Facilitator Certification or Design and Implementation independently, based on their objectives.
April 2021 Advanced Steps® VIRTUAL ACP Certification Course
