AllyTalk: Communication Skills Training to Interrupt Microaggressions

This activity is FREE for SGIM/ACLGIM Members.
The price for non-members is $25.00

Course Description

The goal of AllyTalk is to develop communication skills that interrupt microaggressions.  While there are many passive learning curricula designed to define and identify microaggressions, a gap exists in curriculum that focuses on practicing upstander language for use in the moment.  AllyTalk communication teaching methodology was inspired by palliative medicine training.  In palliative medicine, trainees develop expertise having difficult conversations related to serious illness by practicing the language in a safe setting, utlizing roleplay with the ability to stop and restart the conversation to try different approaches.  Ally Talk uses a similar method of practicing upstander language in repetition to develop “muscle memory.”

This content will introduce these communication skills to you, as a learner, as well as give you information and tips for how to teach this training in your institution.

Learning Objectives

• Identify microaggressions in the healthcare setting
• Employ specific language for “The 6 D’s” that can be used to intervene when witnessing microagressions
• Practice utilizing “The 6 D” strategies through role play scenerios.

CME/MOC

1. View all content recordings and case studies (viewing one section will give access to the following sections);
2.  Open and complete the Evaluation/Assessment; and
3.  Open the Certificate and claim your certificate (print/save for your records).

Authors

• Allison Wolfe, MD
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Ann Navarro-Leahy, MD
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Maurice Scott, MD
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Jean Youngwerth, MD
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Kelly Arnett, MD
• Harriet Huang, MD