Want to be a better communicator?
Our constructive learning environment equips clinicians with an indispensable expertise: how to navigate tough conversations about serious illness with ease.
From online courses to in-person workshops, we offer multiple entry points for busy clinicians to embark on our learning path.
Coronavirus Notice
We continue to face challenges with COVID-19 restrictions around public gatherings and are postponing most face-to-face courses through the remainder of 2020. We continue to monitor the situation across geographic regions to determine the safest way to proceed.
We are excited to announce NEW virtual course offerings! Please watch for our new Virtual Mastering Tough Conversations program! Enrollment for courses is expected to open in August 2020. Check back often for a course that will suit your schedule!
As always, our self-paced, online, Delivering Serious News course is available at any time.
If you are registered to attend a VitalTalk course this fall, please watch for further details about course rescheduling.
Delivering Serious News
Learn how to strengthen communication skills and connect more deeply with your patients. Enroll at any time and complete at your own pace over the course of 8 weeks! Available for 5 CME Credits. Preview the course here.
Mastering Tough Conversations
VitalTalk’s signature advanced communication skills course features cognitive mapping, deliberate practice, and just-in-time feedback. Results are immediate, significant, and promote lasting improvements in a medical practitioner’s ability to meet patient and family needs around end of life care. Preview course here.
Faculty Development
Intensive 4-day train-the-trainer faculty development program for clinicians who want to become VitalTalk faculty. FAQ
An intensive four-day training separated into two sessions. The first two-day workshop will give you a deep preparation for using core skills in your own practice. Then, 3-6 months later, after you have practiced your new skills and have had time to reflect on them, you will return for a second two-day workshop that teaches you how to run your own Mastering Tough Conversations programs in your institution (both sessions mandatory to graduate). Preview course here.