Values-Based Patient-Centered Care

Values-Based Patient-Centered Care

Issued by USF Office of Microcredentials

An individual’s specific values, health needs, and desired health outcomes are the driving force behind all healthcare decisions. Patients are partners with their healthcare team and with active collaboration and shared decision-making, patients, families, and clinicians can design and manage a comprehensive care plan. This course will introduce concepts of values-based patient-centered care, including what are values, why it matters, and how increasing competencies can yield positive outcomes.

Skills

  • Communications
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership

Earning Criteria

  • Identify own values.
  • Define what values are and why they are important.
  • Articulate how patient and clinician values can differ.
  • Describe how a difference in values relates to patient care.
  • List the tenets of values-based patient-centered care.
  • Define patient-centered communication.
  • Describe shared decision making and its relationship to values-based patient-centered care.