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VitalTalk Conversations Blog
VitalTalk Launches: VitalTalk Mobile
By David Schwartz
/ May 3, 2022
VitalTalk Launches New Course to Help Clinicians Navigate Caring for Seriously Ill Patients With Better Communication Supporting healthcare professionals navigate...
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VitalTalk Faculty named as AAHPM Fellows – 2021
By David Schwartz
/ December 7, 2021
Congratulations to the group of VitalTalk Faculty who were just named to Fellow of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative...
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Case Study
By David Schwartz
/ October 11, 2021
VitalTalk Transitions
By David Schwartz
/ July 27, 2021
Dear Community:We have arrived at the end of the first half of 2021. We have come so far in the...
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Fireside Chat with CAPC’s Brynn Bowman
By David Schwartz
/ July 15, 2021
In the spirit of VitalTalk and CAPC's continued partnership, we sat down by an open fire (virtually and metaphorically) with...
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On The VitalTalk Horizon
By David Schwartz
/ June 15, 2021
The VitalTalk Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has embarked upon the next phase of our review...
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Welcome Our Newest Faculty!
By David Schwartz
/ May 19, 2021
We would like to extend a massive congratulations to all the new Faculty who recently graduated Faculty Development. Welcome!
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Statement on Asian-American Hate Crimes
By David Schwartz
/ March 31, 2021
VitalTalk stands in solidarity with Asian-American communities who are facing a rise in racist attacks and hate crimes. Since the...
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Faculty Development R1 is back (virtually!)
By David Schwartz
/ November 3, 2020
Last month VitalTalk successfully completed two Virtual Faculty Development R1 pilot courses. The first course was open to those whose Aspen courses...
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Case Study
By David Schwartz
/ September 30, 2020
Welcome our two newest board members
By David Schwartz
/ September 10, 2020
We have further expanded our Board of Directors to include two new members, Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat and Naveen Rajkumar....
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VitalTalk Expands Leadership as Two New Members Join Board of Directors
By David Schwartz
/ August 17, 2020
AUGUST 6, 2020 · PRESS RELEASE SEATTLE – VitalTalk, a nonprofit organization that provides clinicians evidence-based communication skills training surrounding seriously...
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Virtual Mastering Toughing Conversations (VMTC) Pilot Update
By David Schwartz
/ July 15, 2020
Last week, Steve Berns (UVM) course directed our very first VMTC pilot. VitalTalk's VMTC course consists of 3 live Zoom...
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Black Lives Matter
By David Schwartz
/ June 3, 2020
We have a responsibility to integrate diversity into all the things we do – from whom we train… to for whom we provide training.
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Communication In the Age of COVID
By David Schwartz
/ April 10, 2020
Communication skills are critical under normal circumstances, but now we are faced with constraining situations as a result of the...
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VitalTalk Faculty named as AAHPM Fellows
By David Schwartz
/ December 2, 2019
Congratulations to the group of VitalTalk Faculty who were just named to Fellow of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative...
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VitalTalk Faculty Named as Emerging Leaders
By David Schwartz
/ November 7, 2019
Recently AAHPM (The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine) selected a new 2019 class of Emerging Leaders based on...
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Using an “Explore” Statement to Respond to Patient Anger
By David Schwartz
/ December 11, 2018
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