2026 Annual Meeting | C98 - Meeting the Moment: Mastering Difficult Conversations in Serious Neurological Illness

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2026 Annual Meeting | C98 - Meeting the Moment: Mastering Difficult Conversations in Serious Neurological Illness

Date Monday 04/20/26

Time 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM CDT Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program will be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type Seminar

Director(s) Neha M. Kramer, MD

Topic(s) Palliative Care

Learning Objectives Participants should become familiar with how to implement the SPIKES framework for delivering serious news; practice formulating and delivering clear and concise headlines; demonstrate communication strategies for responding to patient/family emotion; and analyze an observed simulated clinical interaction for key elements of successful and suboptimal communication strategies.

CME Available 2.00 CME credits

Core Competencies Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Practice-based Learning and Improvement

Program Level Introductory

Recommended Audience Fellow, Resident, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist, Non-neurologist, Advanced Practice Provider, Neurohospitalist, Medical Student

Teaching Styles Case-based, Didactic, Audience Participation, Other

Event Timeline
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM CDT	Introduction	Introduction Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH
01:15 PM - 01:55 PM CDT	Speaker	Delivering Serious News Neha M. Kramer, MD, Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH, Jessica M. Besbris, MD
01:55 PM - 02:35 PM CDT	Speaker	Responding to Emotion Neha M. Kramer, MD, Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH, Jessica M. Besbris, MD
02:35 PM - 02:45 PM CDT	Speaker	Role Play Demonstration Neha M. Kramer, MD, Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH, Jessica M. Besbris, MD
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM CDT	Q&A	Questions and Answers Neha M. Kramer, MD, Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH, Jessica M. Besbris, MD

Faculty Disclosures
Neha M. Kramer, MD	Dr. Kramer has nothing to disclose.
Caroline Crooms, MD, MPH	Dr. Crooms has nothing to disclose.
Jessica M. Besbris, MD	Dr. Besbris has nothing to disclose.

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