Training All Clinicians in Essential Communication and Symptom Management Skills

CAPC Curriculum - Continuing Education Credits Overview

Course catalog for CAPC's clinical training curriculum. Onboard new palliative care team members using standardized training, or train non-palliative care specialists in core skills. All courses provide continuing education credits for all disciplines and are free for CAPC members.

Online Training Courses for All Clinicians

Online training curriculum for all specialties and disciplines to strengthen their care of patients living with serious illness. Free continuing education credits for all, and physicians receive ABIM MOC points for select courses.

Pain Management

Training and clinical tools for managing pain in patients living with serious illness, with a focus on safe opioid prescribing and risk assessment for opioid substance use disorder.

Communication Skills

Techniques for communicating with patients and families about their serious illness and eliciting patient hopes, fears, and priorities for care.

Symptom Management

Training curriculum and clinical tools for assessing and managing five common symptoms in patients living with serious illness.

Preventing Crises Through Whole-Patient Care

Supporting family caregivers and ensuring seamless coordination of care.

Relief of Suffering Across the Disease Trajectory

Addressing factors that contribute to quality of life for people with serious illness and their families.

Managing Gaps in Care: Discipline-Specific Approaches

Connecting people with serious illness to needed services and supports.

Best Practices in Dementia Care and Caregiver Support

Strategies to alleviate suffering and improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Courses by Other Specialties and Disciplines

The following toolkits contain recommended courses and tools for non-palliative care specialties and/or roles. CAPC's online courses provide free CE credits for all staff at member organizations, and ABIM MOC points for physicians.

CAPC Curriculum - Continuing Education Credits Overview

Course catalog for CAPC's clinical training curriculum. Onboard new palliative care team members using standardized training, or train non-palliative care specialists in core skills. All courses provide continuing education credits for all disciplines and are free for CAPC members.

Training All Clinicians in Core Palliative Care Skills

Questions about training clinicians from all specialties in communication, pain and symptom management, and supporting family caregivers. Topics include training strategies, CAPC’s CE curriculum, and all other training methods!

Designation Competencies Checklist

A checklist of clinical competencies taught in CAPC units on pain management, symptom management, communication skills, and dementia care.

Project Tipping Point and the Tipping Point Challenge

Training Your Colleagues: Three Case Studies for Building Palliative Care Skills Across the Organization

Fast Facts and Concepts

Concise, practical, peer-reviewed and evidence-based summaries on topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for seriously ill patients. Use Fast Facts to onboard staff and for ongoing team education.