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Texas Talks: 2024-26 How to Use POLST in Texas
The goal of this activity is to grow the use of POLST and education about its benefits in the state of Texas. The online enduring activity will address how to overcome barriers regarding the legal status of orders, practical usage as a best practice, and comfort in using and having conversations about POLST. The activity will provide a safe opportunity to practice the knowledge and skills.
Target Audience
The intended audience is physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, social workers, and clergy.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
1. Summarize the origin of the POLST process and its expansion and application throughout the United States.
2. Discuss the importance of quality shared decision-making.
3. Explain the legal status of POLST (portable medical orders).
3. Identify when and with whom to use POLST for those facing serious, progressive illness or advancing frailty due to aging.
4. Describe healthcare team member roles and communication responsibilities to facilitate the process.
5. Demonstrate how to complete a POLST document.
Brenda Wilson, MS, CHCP
Kim Callanan
Amelia Frank, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Sandra Frellsen, MD, Hospice Medical Director
Mike Johnston, MA, MDiv, DMin
Ellen Martin, RN, CPHQ, CPPS
David Owen, MDiv
Stuart Pickell, MD, MDiv
Malka Riell, MS/MPH Student
Sandra Frellsen, MD, Hospice Medical Director
Stuart Pickell, MD, MDiv
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.
American Osteopathic Association
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.
Designation Statements
Physicians
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour of AOA Category 2B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
This activity provides up to 1.0 contact hour.
Social Workers
Social Workers completing this course receive 1.0 contact hour of continuing education credits.
Certificate of Attendance
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 1.0 hour of participation.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
- 1.00 ASWB Credit
- 1.00 IPCE
- 1.00 HSC Participation