Non TCC Educational Programs

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care does not provide the education listed below. It is offered by our hospice provider members and by collaborating agencies. For more information about a program listed below, please use the contact information provided. If you call The Carolinas Center, we will not have any further information about the program.

Click on the title of the workshop you are interested in:

• Surviving and Thriving in the New Hospice Environment
• Classes Offered by Upstate AHEC
• DHHS Offers Free Provider Workshops
• Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals Online Training
• Respecting Choices^® Advance Care Planning (ACP) Online Courses

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Surviving and Thriving in the New Hospice Envronment

When: January 23rd
Where: Hospice of Rutherford County in Forest City, NC

Deborah Dailey, MBA, has been a leader of hospice operations for more than 30 years.  She has served as President/CEO of five hospice organizations in four states.  She was responsible for the complete start-up of three of these programs which included state licensure, Medicare certification, design of service delivery systems, hiring of staff and developing and implementing financial and IT systems.  She also served as Vice President of Operations for the Central Region of Vista Care Inc., which included overall responsibility for the day to day operations of 19 sites located in four states.

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Classes Offered by Upstate AHEC

Upstate AHEC is dedicated to providing a comprehensive selection of continuing education offerings for health care providers. Annually, Upstate AHEC provides more than 250 continuing education programs delivered throughout its eleven county service area and designed to meet the education and training needs of the region's health care workforce. AHEC programs assist health practitioners in expanding their knowledge, increasing their competency, and in maintaining professional licensure and certification.

To see the workshops currently being offered, go to: www.upstateahec.org/continuing-education.

DHHS Offers Free Provider Workshops

DHHS regularly offers free workshops for their providers. Currently, there are free workshops offered by the SCDHHS which include Comprehensive Web Tool and Overview of Third Party Liability.

To attend these training sessions, you may register through the South Carolina Medicaid Provider Outreach website at http://www.scdhhshipaa.org/internet/hrsm/mdc/medicaid.nsf/frontmap/Registration%20and%20Training%20Schedule?OpenDocument or by calling South Carolina Medicaid Provider Outreach at 888.289.0709.

You can also access Provider Training through the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services website at http://www.scdhhs.gov/

Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals Online Training

To help public health professionals respond to the problem of limited health literacy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have launched a free "Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals Online Training" program. The purpose of this training is to educate public health professionals about limited health literacy and their role in addressing it in a public health context.

This is a web-based course and can be accessed 24/7 by any computer with Internet access. It takes 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. Trainees can earn a variety of continuing education credits. You can access the training program from: http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074.

Respecting Choices® Advance Care Planning (ACP) Online Courses
Online modules available:

• Basic Concepts of Advance Care Planning (30 minutes, 0.6 contact hours)
• Role of the RN in Advance Care Planning (30 minutes, 0.6 contact hours)
• Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)
• Facilitating Basic Advance Care Planning Discussions (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)
• Creating an Advance Directive: Communicating the Plan (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)
• Facilitating Advance Care Planning Discussions with Adults with Chronic, Progressive Illness (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)
• Facilitating Advance Care Planning Discussions with Adults Likely to Die in the Next 12 Months or Adults Living in Long Term Care (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)
• Making Advance Care Planning Work: Organizational Issues and Educational Strategies (1 hour, 1.5 contact hours)

To purchase Respecting Choices® online courses and to learn about onsite training, visit us today at
www.respectingchoices.org.