POLST: Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

COST: Complimentary

This module is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

Completion Requirements

To receive continuing medical education credit for this online module, the participant must:

• View the video
• Complete the post-test
• Complete and submit the online evaluation

To receive credit for this module, you must:

• View the video
• Complete the post-test
• Complete and submit the evaluation

Certificate

Certificates are awarded after evaluations have been submitted and will be available to print immediately.  If you have a Florida license and would like credits to be uploaded to CE Broker, please enter your license number on your profile.

You are encouraged to print and save your certificate for your portfolio as required by your licensing body.

1. Review advance care planning as a communications process, a key pillar of palliative care, and an integral component of the practice of medicine.
2. Explain the difference between advance directives and medical orders (POLST Paradigm).
3. Discuss the 8-Step MOLST/POLST protocol that outlines a communication process, the ethical framework and shared, informed medical decision-making for end-of-life discussions.
4. Share lessons learned from NY MOLST regarding the multidimensional approach needed for effective POLST implementation.

AdventHealth Orlando is accredited by the Florida Medical Association (FMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

AdventHealth Orlando designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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