The Role of the Advance Care Planning Instructor
The Respecting Choices® Instructor is a professional who is skilled at facilitating advance care planning (ACP) conversations with individuals, their healthcare agents, and other family members. The Respecting Choices Instructor functions as a practitioner, educator, and consultant to staff and the community on issues related to ACP.
The Respecting Choices Instructor becomes certified to teach the Respecting Choices ACP Facilitator Certification course. Replicating the Respecting Choices approach to ACP is an important Instructor role. It requires ongoing education, competency assessment, and fidelity monitoring of Respecting Choices Facilitators.
The value of the Instructor role is demonstrated through:
- Meeting organization needs for additional Respecting Choices Facilitators in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Providing innovative teaching and learning strategies and workflows for staff
- Establishing a link to Respecting Choices Faculty and resources
Respecting Choices ACP Instructor Certification
First Steps® ACP Instructor Certification
The First Steps® ACP Instructor Certification course features strategies for teaching, evaluating , and mentoring the communication skills of First Steps ACP Facilitators, and prepares participants to teach the First Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course.
Target Audience
First Steps ACP Instructor Certification course is intended for healthcare educators, nurses, physicians, community leaders, social work practitioners, and chaplains and clergy who are interested in becoming certified to replicate the First Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course in their own organization or community.
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to assist participants in becoming certified as Respecting Choices First Steps ACP Instructors.
Course content level: Intermediate to Advanced for social workers.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Define Instructor responsibilities and common strategies for teaching the Respecting Choices First Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course.
- Facilitate a brief discussion on a selected ACP topic.
- Apply three mentoring strategies to promote Facilitator certification and maintenance of competence.
- Apply at least three Instructor mentoring strategies during role-play activities.
Initial Certification Requirements
- Attend the First Steps ACP Design and Integration course
- Be certified as First Steps ACP Facilitator
- Completion of a Respecting Choices Instructor Certification Agreement for Advance Care Planning – First Steps
Ongoing Certification Requirements
- Compliance with the Respecting Choices Instructor Agreement
- Completion of curriculum updates and recertification requirements
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Next Steps ACP Instructor Certification
The Next Steps™ ACP Instructor Certification course features strategies for teaching, evaluating , and mentoring the communication skills of Next Steps ACP Facilitators, and prepares participants to teach the Next Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course.
Target Audience
Next Steps ACP Instructor Certification course is intended for healthcare educators, nurses, physicians, community leaders, social work practitioners, and chaplains and clergy who are interested in becoming certified to replicate the Next Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course in their own organization or community.
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to assist participants in becoming certified as Respecting Choices Next Steps ACP Instructors.
Course content level: Intermediate to Advanced for social workers.
Initial Certification Requirements
- Attend the Next Steps Design and Integration course
- Be a certified Next Steps ACP Facilitator
- Completion of a Respecting Choices Instructor Certification Agreement for Advance Care Planning – Next Steps
Ongoing Certification Requirements
- Compliance with the Respecting Choices Instructor Agreement
- Completion of curriculum updates and recertification requirements
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Advanced Steps ACP Instructor Certification
The Advanced Steps ACP Instructor Certification course features strategies for teaching,evaluating, and mentoring the communication skills of Advanced Steps ACP Facilitators, and prepares participants to teach the Advanced Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course.
Target Audience
Advanced Steps ACP Instructor Certification course is intended for healthcare educators, nurses, physicians, community leaders, social work practitioners, and chaplains and clergy who are interested in becoming certified to replicate the Advanced Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course in their own organization or community.
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to assist participants in becoming certified as Respecting Choices Advanced Steps ACP Instructors.
Course content level: Intermediate to Advanced for social workers.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Define Instructor responsibilities and common strategies for teaching the Respecting Choices Advanced Steps ACP Facilitator Certification course.
- Facilitate a brief discussion on selected ACP topics.
- Apply three mentoring strategies to promote Facilitator certification and maintenance of competence.
- Apply at least three Instructor mentoring strategies during role-play activities.
Initial Certification Requirements
- Attend the Advanced Steps ACP Design and Integration course
- Be a certified Advanced Steps ACP Facilitator
- Completion of an Respecting Choices Instructor Certification Agreement for Advance Care Planning – Advanced Steps
Ongoing Certification Requirements
- Compliance to the Respecting Choices Instructor Agreement
- Completion of curriculum updates and recertification requirements
View Upcoming Respecting Choices National Courses
Shared Decision Making in Serious Illness Instructor Certification
The Respecting Choices
Shared Decision Making in Serious Illness (SDMSI) Instructor is a professional who is committed to shared decision-making strategies that promote person-centered care. The Respecting Choices SDMSI Instructor functions as a practitioner, educator, and consultant to the organization, his/her peers, and others.
SDMSI Instructor Certification is only available through contracted implementation of the SDMSI program with Respecting Choices.
The Respecting Choices Instructor Certification course may be provided:
