Difficult Conversations in Healthcare: Teaching and Practice in an Interprofessional World 2017

Difficult Conversations in Healthcare: Teaching and Practice in an Interprofessional World 2017 is a course dedicated to innovative methods for teaching and enhancing relational capacities, communication and interprofessional collaboration.

Topics

• Use of narratives for learning and reflection
• Realistic enactments with professional actors, collaborative learning, reflection and feedback (The PERCS model)
• Values and everyday ethics
• Interprofessional collaboration and teamwork
• Videotape and discussion
• Appreciative inquiry
• Small group team-based learning
• Interactive presentation
• Facilitated reflections
• Large group discussion

Who should Attend

• Medical, healthcare, and interprofessional education leaders
• Physicians in all specialties
• Residency and clerkship directors
• Department chairs, medical school deans
• Multidisciplinary healthcare professionals
• Training Program Directors in a variety of healthcare professions
• Clinicians who work with patients of any age across the lifespan
• Individuals and teams involved in interprofessional education and/or practice
• Dentists
• Veterinarians
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Chaplains
• Nurse Practitioners /Advanced Practice Nurses
• Physical Therapists
• Pharmacists
• Physician Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Others interested in the course topics
• Patient safety and quality staff