Life Care Planning Advanced Practice Certificate
At a Glance
Leadership
- Interim Associate Dean of Research
- Director, Center for Outcomes and Measurement
- Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
901 Walnut Street
Suite 642
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Curriculum
After successfully completing the four courses, students will receive a post-professional certificate of completion. The credits may be applied to the Post Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy program offered in the Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences and may be used toward pre-certification training hours to qualify for the Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) credential through the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC). The full scope of qualifications required of a professional to obtain the CLCP are detailed on the website of the ICHCC under Certifications.
- Students can take JCRS 730, 731, and 732 in any order. The final course (JCRS 733) must be taken after completing all three courses.
- This Advanced Practice Certificate is entirely online, and most work is asynchronous. JCRS 732 requires up to four online synchronous classes, as those courses simulate litigation and court simulations. The day and time of the course are decided at the beginning of the semester, with student input.
- Upon completion, each student is awarded an Advanced Practice Certificate in Life Care Planning. The graduate courses (9 credits) are stackable and on a transcript. The transcript and the certification of program completion can be used to verify you have completed the pre-course requirement necessary to pursue the CLCP examination ICHCC. There are other eligibility requirements of ICHCC; please reference their website.
- A computer capable of video and running an up-to-date web browser, internet access, online meetings, and PowerPoint presentations is necessary throughout the program.
Course Titles & Descriptions
3 credits (Fall)
The course will introduce learners to life care planning. Students will explore the history of life care planning, the standards of practice for life care planning and required credentials needed for certification in life care planning. Learners will appreciate life care planning as an interprofessional practice area, consider United States legislation germane to the life care plan (LCP), identify roles of LCP members, articulate the seven principles of universal design, appreciate home modifications, assistive technology and adaptive driving as they relate to life care planning. Students will articulate ethical principles of life care planning and will be introduced to and begin to apply standards of practice for life care planning.
3 credits (Spring)
Prerequisite JCRS 730 or permission from instructor This course provides an overview of common catastrophic injuries and chronic conditions addressed by the LCP. Students will examine etiologies, classification systems and assessments, morbidity and mortality, secondary biopsychosocial outcomes of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, traumatic limb loss, brachial plexus injury, burn injuries, chronic pain, and pediatric conditions. A mid-semester examination will evaluate student’s knowledge of these catastrophic injuries and will simulate the format of the ICHCC LCP certification examination. Standards of practice for life care planning will be applied to strengthen student’s ability to develop the medical foundation and to conduct costing research for the LCP. Students will examine their own professional identity and discipline’s scope of practice relevant to life care planning.
2 credits (Summer 1)
This course reviews basic statistical methods commonly used in clinical research and to estimate life expectancy, examines methods used to calculate predicted costs for projected needs on the life care plan, further elucidates the role of the economist in life care planning, explores ethics of life care planning, and examines the life care plan from a forensic and litigation perspective.
1 Credit (Summer 2)
This course serves as the practicum for the graduate certificate in Life Care Planning. Students will critique and develop a life care plan.