ACC CardiaCast: PulseCheck: Palliative Care in Patients with Heart Disease: Training Trainees in Skilled Communication
Special Edition: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section’s Palliative Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts S. Ian Borison, DO, Michelle Churchill, CRNP, ACHPN, and Jill Steiner, MD, MS, FACC to share insights to training our trainees in skilled serious illness communication.
Related References:
- Vital Talk (Vital Talk website). 2025. Available at https://www.vitaltalk.org/. Accessed 1/27/25.
- Center to Advanced Palliative Care (CAPC website). 2025. Available at https://www.capc.org./. Accessed 1/27/25.
Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Cardiovascular Care Team, Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Geriatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Valvular Heart Disease
Keywords: CardiaCast, Palliative Care, Decision Making, Shared