UCSF MERI Center Communnication Tips
An archive of the monthly communication tips sent by Dr. Mike Rabow
2019
2020
- January: Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) Step 1: Asking Permission
- February: Feedback & Advice
- March: SICG Step 2 + performer: Pelin Cinar, MD
- March II: COVID VitalTalk Tools
- April: COVID Advance Care Planning
- April II: How to do a POLST
- May: Survivor Guilt
- June: Courageous Conversations
- July: Not interrupting + performer: Rahul Aggarwal, MD
- August: SICG Step 3
- Septempber: SICG Step 4
- October: SICG Step 5
- November: Knowing the Person (Margaret Tempero,MD & Sima Porten, MD) + Therapy Poem
- December: Ask-Tell-Ask
2021
- January: Agenda Setting/Setting expectations
- February: Non-verbal Communication and Race
- March: Take-Home Point + performer: Hala Borno, MD
- April: Communication as Procedure
- May: CAPC resources
- June: Grief paper (Empathy I)
- July: Relationship Centered Care/We language
- August: De-escalation from Heated Communication
- September: Communication about COVID vaccine
- October: Priming for ACP
- November: Transference and Countertransference: Two People in the Room, Notice and choose
- December: Wounded Healer
2022
- January: New Year's Resolution Communication Tip
- February: Empathy and Clear information buffers fears
- March: Attunement
- My Hesistant Communication Tip
- May: Health Care Community
- June: Prognosis Communication
- July: Community of Practice
- August: Respectful Communication
- September: Fear of Vulnerability
- October: Prognostic Awareness
- November: Advance Care Planning (ACP)
- December: Discussing Portal-delivered Results
2023