Quick Guides - VitalTalk

Bridging Inequity

Understanding patients’ experiences

First Visit

First Visit: Building an agenda with your patient

Serious News

Serious News: Breaking bad news using the GUIDE tool

Discussing Prognosis

Discussing Prognosis: Using the ADAPT tool to guide you through complex conversations

Transitions/Goals of Care

Addressing Goals of Care: Using the REMAP tool

Responding to Emotion: Respecting

Responding to Emotion: Articulating empathy using NURSE statements

Family Conference

Family Conference: Bringing family members into the conversation

Conflicts

Defusing Conflicts: Moving the conversation forward

Talking About Dying

Saying goodbye to a patient

PAUSE Talking Map

To us, an ‘early‘ goals of care conversation is one where a clinical decision is not imminent. For that, use the PAUSE talking map.

Communication skills for the COVID vaccine

A new supplement to the VitalTalk COVID-Ready Communication Playbook

COVID Ready Communication Playbook

PDF Playbook Translations For those that were having trouble with the dropdown menu. These links open PDF documents in your browser, which you can print/download as you like. Arabic / العربية , Chinese (Simplified) / 中文(简体) , Chinese (Traditional) /中文(繁體) , Czech / Čeština , Danish / Dansk , Dutch / Nederlands (Belgium) , Dutch […]