Mastering Serious Illness Conversations: Advanced
This advanced course builds upon skills learned during Mastering Serious Illness Conversations (Foundations or Mastering as a prerequisite to this course). Advanced skills include challenging family dynamics, requests for hastened death, proposing time limited trials, and collaborating with colleagues during serious illness conversations. Expect new challenges during simulated practice including conversing with multiple family members and colleagues.
TalkVermont’s Mastering Serious Illness Conversations course utilizes small group learning and deliberate practice techniques. Participants will adapt strategies to communicate with patients about serious illness with honesty and compassion in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This course focuses on communicating serious news and discussing what matters most to patients and their caregivers. Majority of the time is spent in small group practice. This course is based off of the evidence-based course, VitalTalk, which has shown to improve skills for practicing clinicians as well as patient care.
This is an in-person event.
Date/Time: 11/6-11/7/25 (course takes place over 2 days)
Special Pricing: UVMHN employees may use a code at checkout to receive a $250 discount. Email talkvermont@uvmhealth.org to request the code prior to registering, ask questions, or confirm eligibility.
CME/CEUs: Read TalkVermont's CME/CEU Disclosure
*Only those who are registered will be permitted to participate in the course and claim CME/CEU.
Please Note
- Refunds will not be issued unless you cancel within a 21 day period prior to the course date by emailing talkvermont@uvmhealth.org. This is a desirable course, and we need time to fill your slot as well as plan for event space and meals.
- Please only register if you can stay for the entirety of the course. Early departure is disruptive to group formation and maintenance
- Registrations are non-transferable. Registrations will be verified upon attendance on the day of the course. Those who have not registered will not be permitted to attend the course.
- Registration deadline for this course is 30 days in advance due to event space logistics and CMIE policies.
Before registering read the following and contact us if necessary:
- We offer discount codes for our course to make sure that anyone can attend. If the cost of this class is a burden for you to pay, please contact us at talkvermont@uvmhealth.org for a discount code to apply when paying for this class.