POLST & Your Practice: Tools to Improve Patient Conversations

Talking to patients and families about code status and the Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form can be challenging. Furthermore, physicians and practitioners rarely receive training on POLST nor how to approach these discussions with their patients. In this one-hour webinar, speakers Mark Beiter, DO, Hilary Walker, and Hope Wechkin, MD, will provide an overview of the POLST form, discuss ways to identify patients who would most benefit from a POLST conversation, and introduce a five-step framework for having these discussions.

Originally recorded on Nov. 13, 2025

Release date: January 1, 2026

Expiration Date: December 31, 2028

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) and POLST Advisory Council. The WSMA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The WSMA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure

The content of this activity is not related to products or services of an ACCME-defined ineligible company; therefore no one in control of content has a relevant financial relationship to disclose.

Evaluation & Credit Claim

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