INT1822 - Heart to Heart: Communication Skills in Palliative Care

Program Description

Program Description

Four standardized families will be used to act out difficult communication scenarios. The participants will have an opportunity to interview the families. A discussion will follow each scenario that will assist in bringing out the important learning points in each case.

Topics Include

• General principles in communicating with patients and their families at the end of life
• Conducting a family conference
• Conducting a complicated pain history
• Managing transitions to palliative care
• Responding to a patient with a request to die

Offered By

• The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• The Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care

This Program is Funded by the Government of Ontario. Priority will be given to physicians currently practicing in Ontario.

Enrollment is limited.

Program Outline

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Accrediting Body/Accrediting Bodies

• Under Review