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Our evidence-based communication trainings enable clinicians to learn skills that improve patient-care quickly and effectively.

The Essentials

Delivering Serious News courses typically takes 6 hours or less! Enroll at any time and complete at your own pace over an 8 week period. Or enroll in VitalTalk Mobile, the course takes only hour!

delivering serious news VitalTalk Mobile (coming soon!)

Signature Course

Make lasting change in your skills practice through our signature course, Mastering Tough Conversations, which include live role play led by a Senior VitalTalk Faculty. 
 
mastering tough conversations

Faculty Development

The Faculty Development courses are for clinicians wanting to become VitalTalk faculty. Be a change agent by learning to teach VitalTalk courses and help inspire the next generation of clinicians to become better communicators. 

faculty development
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Learn to communicate effectively with seriously illness patients.

VitalTalk is the premier training organization for clinicians seeking to advance their communication skills.

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+30

healthcare institutions

+15000

Students taught

+675

vitaltalk faculty members

More than 30 years of experience in research and education

Clinicians learn to communicate about values and goals. Our courses prepare healthcare professionals with constructive tools for creating care plans that match their patients’ values. We work with some of the world’s top healthcare institutions to deliver a variety of communication skills training courses.

Help build your institutions communication skills training program.

VitalTalk offers customized, sustainable communication trainings for your healthcare system that may include train-the-trainer courses, direct clinician training, e-learning options, and mentoring solutions.

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Effective, empathic and honest conversations between a clinician, patient and their family are the cornerstones of patient-centered care. Have a question? Give us a shout!

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