Challenging Conversations at the End of Life

A one-day, interactive workshop for medical trainees, doctors in training (ST3+), specialty doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals. Participants will work in a small peer group and address communication challenges drawn from their own clinical practice. Focus will be on initiating conversations about deteriorating health, people’s priorities and plans for future care such as hospital treatments options, further admissions, clinically assisted nutrition or hydration and CPR.

To book a place email: meded.seniors@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

This workshop is open to NHS Lanarkshire staff only

Learning Outcomes

In this advanced clinical communication workshop participants will:

• Review their current practice in communicating with patients, families and other professionals about deteriorating health and care planning

• Identify personal learning objectives and develop strategies for addressing these within a supported peer learning group

• Identify ways of increasing communication effectiveness in their own practice