This activity will dive deep into the barriers that healthcare professionals and patients are currently facing; such as challenges in navigating the shared decision-making process, how to apply the recently updated U.S. Preventable Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening guidelines and manage abnormal results,, insurance policy challenges, as well as the all-important/oppressive/suffocating stigma carried by/surrounding lung cancer while learning about resources that are available to help.

There are a number of dramatic contrasts between Pediatric and Adult medicine that often complicate transition process. For example, the dynamics of an adult medical visit are completely different than in a Pediatric medical visit. Also, coordination of care between medical providers is often more complicated and is more patient driven. Participants of this webinar will be presented with strategies to manage these and other challenges inherent to the transition process.

In this recorded webinar you will learn the spirit of motivational interviewing through storytelling. Research shows that the evidenced based practice of motivational interviewing has the potential to improve interactions among staff and the people served, improve client outcomes and reduce stress and burnout among staff. The goal of this webinar is to assist in providing helpers with a structure for how to show empathy and compassion to those who suffer greatly, particularly those who are having suicidal ideation.

Jointly Provided by the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Rhode Island Department of HealthIn Collaboration with Brown University AIDS Program