Utah Certificate of Palliative Education (UCoPE)


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Add to Calendar Utah Certificate of Palliative Education (UCoPE) 3/31/2026 7:30:00 AM 4/3/2026 5:00:00 PM America/Denver For More Details: https://intermountain.cloud-cme.com/UCOPE2026 Description: UCoPE is designed for Hospitalists, primary care providers, emergency department health care providers, intensivists and hospice providers who have not had formal training in palliative care or want to build on their current palliative care skills.UCoPE is a four-day intensive course designed for health care providers who want to improve their generalist palliative care skills. This four-day course involves a combin... Thomas S. Monson Center false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 7:30 AM - Friday, April 3, 2026, 5:00 PM MT, Thomas S. Monson Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Target Audience
Specialties - Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Genetic Counseling, Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Medicine, Neonatology, Neurology, Spiritual Care Services
Professions - Administrator, Advanced Practice Provider, Clinical Social Worker, Genetic Counselor, Health Professional , Medical Assistant, Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Administrator, Nurse-Clinical, Occupational Therapist, Other Medical Personnel, Pharmacist, Physician, Physician Assistant, Professor, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Respiratory Therapist, Social Worker, Speech Pathologist, Student

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24.00 hours)

Overview

UCoPE is designed for Hospitalists, primary care providers, emergency department health care providers, intensivists and hospice providers who have not had formal training in palliative care or want to build on their current palliative care skills.

UCoPE is a four-day intensive course designed for health care providers who want to improve their generalist palliative care skills. This four-day course involves a combination of communication and symptom-management skills training in an intimate setting, with a faculty to student ratio between 2-3:1. With facilitators from pediatrics, internal medicine, oncology, psychiatry, and geriatrics, attendees will be exposed to best palliative care practices in a variety of clinical settings, including the ICU, outpatient clinic, the emergency department, hospital and hospice. There is a shortage of trained hospice and palliative medicine providers in Utah for all health care disciplines from nursing to medicine to pharmacy. UCoPE is designed to address this critical shortage by providing an intensive course aimed at improving generalist palliative care skills for both adult and pediatric patients with serious illness. This interprofessional training certificate is the first of its kind in the intermountain region. Our goal is to increase the access to palliative care trained health care providers throughout Utah.


Objectives
  1. Summarize up-to-date knowledge on best practices in hospice medicine and palliative care.
  2. Analyze personal communication skills, especially difficult conversations around goals of care in serious illness and at the end of life.
  3. Develop confidence in managing basic pain and symptoms of chronically ill patients and those at end of life.

Accreditation

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 Intermountain Health, Intermountain Children's Health, the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Intermountain Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

AMA Credit

Intermountain Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.