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Talking about What Matters: Advance Directives and Planning

  • Course Author: Kevin Massey, MDiv., BCC
  • Duration: 30 hours - Access for 6 months
  • Type: Self-Paced
  • Category: Palliative Spiritual Care
Price:$220

This course, Talking about What Matters: Advance Directives and Planning, expands chaplains’ understanding of the importance of health care advance directives, equips chaplains to educate patients and families about their use, and delineates best practices in conversations about health care wishes and the competent completion of health care advance directives documents.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course the learner will be able to:

    • Demonstrate proficient understanding of the importance of health care advance directives.

    • Distinguish between the importance of conducting conversations about health care values and wishes and the completion of health care advance directives.

    • Demonstrate proficient knowledge of the different kinds of health care advance directives and their use.

    • Competently assist other people in correctly completing health care advance directives.

    • Discern specific contexts when health care advance directives are most useful and important.

 

(Price includes GST and fully subsidised student registration fee)

This course was written by Rev. Kevin Massey, MDiv, BCC

Vice President for Mission and Spiritual Care at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Rev. Kevin Massey, MDiv, BCC is Vice President for Mission and Spiritual Care at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in the Chicagoland area. With over 20 years as a parish pastor, health care chaplain, disaster professional, and administrator, he has worked, taught, and written extensively on the topics of health care advance directives, spiritual assessment, advance care planning, and chaplaincy training. He is board certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains.

  1. Introduction: Why Complete Advance Directives
  2. History of Health Care Advance Directives
  3. Landmark Medical Ethics Cases
  4. Health Care Advance Directives Documents
  5. Health Care Advance Directives, Values, and Wishes Conversations
  6. Importance of Health Care Values and Wishes Conversations
  7. Communicating the “Who” of Health Care Values and Wishes
  8. Communicating the “What” of Health Care Values and Wishes
  9. Communicating the “How” of Health Care Values and Wishes
  10. Completing Health Care Advance Directives
  11. Summary
  12. Glossary
  13. References

Aligns with the following Sub-domains in SHA’s Capability Framework for Spiritual Care Practitioners in Health (2020):

    • 1.2 Client engagement

    • 1.3 Perform and deliver

    • 1.5 Evidence-based practice

    • 2.1 Role clarity

    • 2.2 Workplace communication

    • 2.3 Integrated care

    • 2.5 Reflective practice

    • 3.2 Wellbeing and holistic care

*Also aligns with Capability Levels 2 (Independent Practice) and 3 (Service Coordination)

Aligns with the following Priorities in the National Model for Spiritual Care in Health:

    • Priority 1: Holistic Person-Centred Care

    • Priority 2: Integrated Governance

    • Priority 3: Professionalised Workforce
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