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Clinicians and advanced practice providers alike leave our courses feeling more confident in their ability to deliver serious news and discuss goals of care. Upon completion, you’ll become part of the deeply committed VitalTalk community which offers continued support, including additional train-the-trainer Faculty Development programs, so you can further integrate better communication skills at your institution.

VitalTalk resource guides include: 

• Communication Skills For Bridging Inequity
• First Visit: Building An Agenda With Your Patient
• Serious News: Breaking Bad News With The GUIDE Tool
• Discussing Prognosis: Using the ADAPT Tool To Guide You Through Complex Conversations
• Addressing Goals of Care: Using The REMAP Tool
• Talking About Dying: Saying Goodbye To A Patient
• And more.

About The Organization: VitalTalk is the premier training organization for clinicians seeking to advance their communication skills. Just as no one is born knowing how to handle a scalpel, the same is true for how to communicate effectively with seriously ill patients and their families. Whether in person or online, clinicians feel safe practicing newly learned skills through VitalTalk’s evidenced-based training methodologies using simulated patients, all in a confidential setting.

Keywords: Clinician communication, Advanced practice providers, VitalTalk, Serious news delivery, Goals of care, Communication skills, Faculty development, Patient communication, Breaking bad news, GUIDE tool, Prognosis discussions, ADAPT tool, REMAP tool, Addressing goals of care, Dying discussions, Saying goodbye to a patient, Patient care, Communication training, Inequity in healthcare, Evidence-based training