C.10 COMMUNICATION: BREAKING BAD NEWS AND NEGOTIATING GOALS OF CARE
Wednesday, November 20th 2019; course for physicians.
Course directors: Vladimir Poroch MD, PhD, Frank Ferris MD, PhD
Location: Belvedere Hall, International Hotel
| 10:00 – 12:00 | S01. Communicating Prognosis • Prognosis in Cancer, Organ Failure, Dementia • Role of Functional Status • Capacity to be a Decision-Maker • Dependence, Need for Caregiving • Role-Play to Communicate Prognosis (Pairs) |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Break |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | S02. Conducting Family Meetings to address “Don’t Tell”/“Overprotective Families” • How to Conduct a Family Meeting • Family Meeting Role Play to Negotiate What to Tell the Patient (Groups of 5) |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Break |
| 14:15 – 16:15 | S03. Facilitating Difficult Decision-Making • Establishing CPR code status • Family Meeting Role-Play to Discuss appropriate therapies in the therapy resistant cancer and PPS 30% • Withholding or withdrawing fluids & nutrition • Debrief |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | S04. Negotiating Goals of Care • “Hope for the Best”, Goals of Care when treatment is going well • “Plan for the Worst”, Goals of Care when treatment is not going well • “Plan for the Catastrophic Unexpected”, Goals of Care in case catastrophic emergencies occur • Family Meeting Role-Play to Negotiate Goals of Care when COPD is progressing • Recommend Palliative Care • Debrief |
Contact CONFER 2019’s PCO
Address: Str. A. Panu nr. 13, Iasi
Tel.: +40 0332.40.88.00-05
E-mail: contact@oncologieiasi.ro
Website: www.eventernet.ro