Resource Center

This resource provides a list of educational opportunities for clinicians to continue their learning on medical aid in dying. The list includes:

• Continuing Education Programs and Credits
• Pharmacology Information & Updates
• Red Flag Checklist for Potentially Complicated and/or Prolonged Deaths
• Data Filing of Aid-in-Dying Cases
• Amitriptyline and oropharyngeal/esophageal burning: How to mitigate this effect
• Rectal Administration of Aid-in-Dying Medications
• Patient/Family Instructions for the Aid-in-Dying Day
• Patients who have a history of morphine allergies, anaphylaxis, or vomiting
• Pacemakers and ICDs: Interactions with Aid-in-Dying Procedures
• Telemedicine Policy Recommendations

About the organization: The American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying grew from the remarkably successful 2020 National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying at UC Berkeley, and the 2023 National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying, in Portland, Oregon. The Academy extends the work of these conferences, informing and educating clinicians about medical aid in dying, from clinical discussions to evidence-based knowledge, from nursing care to the work of volunteers at the bedside, from medical ethics to pharmacology, and more.  

Unlike many medical academies, the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying does not have specially-privileged members. We advocate open and accessible information, so all clinicians and interested parties are welcome to every aspect of the Academy’s work.   

Keywords: Death, Dying, Euthenasia, Planning for Death