Pre-Conference Workshop

A 1.5 Day Interactive Pre-conference
Communication Workshop at University of Guelph

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED - LIMITED TO 30 PARTICIPANTS!
November 6th 4:30-9PM & November 7th 8-4:30PM

Pre-Con Agenda

We are looking forward to working with you to support your efforts to enhance your communication skills.

November 6th

We will meet and learn more about you and what you hope to get from this pre-conference workshop. We’ll review and practice many of the communication skills that we’ll be working with the following day and spend time in our small groups getting to know one another and setting goals for the next day.

November 7th : All Day Workshop

Your time will be spent working in small groups with your own expert communication coach and professionally trained simulated clients (SCs). Participants will have the opportunity to practice communicating in simulated-client scenarios, practice giving feedback as well as receive feedback from their coach, members of their small group, and the SC. The day will conclude with another large group gathering to debrief the shared experience and set goals for continued growth.

- Review of effective clinical communication skills (i.e., open ended questions, empathy statements, reflective listening, summaries, signposts, Ask-Tell-Ask).
- Focus on relationship-centered communication that supports effective dialogue with clients and colleagues.
- Participate in experiential learning that is supportive, learner centered, and fun.
- Practice communication skills through various case-based scenarios with professionally trained simulated clients and expert communication coaches.
- Work in a small group setting with individualized attention to your learning goals including balanced, objective, and useful feedback.
- Observe skills and facilitation techniques used by your small group coach for the purpose of mentoring in the practice setting.
- Leave the session with concrete goals for how you want to work toward further mastery of your communication skills.