Strategies for Difficult Conversations

Join the APP SIG on Thursday, August 28 at 2 p.m. CDT for the Strategies for Difficult Conversations webinar. Providers caring for patients receiving transplants and cellular therapy are often required to deliver a range of serious news. This may include information about complications of therapy, changes to the underlying disease status, and notification that disease-directed interventions are no longer available. Attendees of this presentation will review the current literature related to communication with patients and families and discuss common practices and barriers observed. Strategies for effective communication where honest news is delivered with compassion will be described. There will be an opportunity to utilize these new skills by practicing delivering serious news guided by one of the strategies discussed.

This webinar is open to all ASTCT members and non-members. There will not be any continuing education offered for attending this webinar.

Speaker:

Jessica Spruit, DNP; University of Michigan