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Instructional Level: Intermediate

Effective Communication in Healthcare

Effective Communication in Healthcare


2 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Description:

Course release date: 10/6/2025

Course Overview

This course offers a roadmap toward healthcare professionals’ understanding and application of effective communication in patient care settings. As a starting point, the course navigates clinicians through the fundamentals of communication science and its relevance to communication in clinical practice. It moves on to explore potential obstacles to effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Through this course, practitioners from various healthcare settings will acquire new insight into, or advance their current knowledge of, the cultural, environmental, organizational, and other barriers to communication that disrupt valuable interactions with their patients and colleagues. They will further identify and be prepared to incorporate evidence-based strategies to improve the effectiveness of their communication with patients.

Full Course Description
Course release date: 10/6/2025Course OverviewThis course offers a roadmap toward healthcare professionals’ understanding and application of effective communication in patient care settings. As a starting point, the course navigates clinicians through the fundamentals of communication science and its relevance to communication in clinical practice. It moves on to explore potential obstacles to effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Through this course, practitioners from various healthcare settings will acquire new insight into, or advance their...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Overview

This course offers a roadmap toward healthcare professionals’ understanding and application of effective communication in patient care settings. As a starting point, the course navigates clinicians through the fundamentals of communication science and its relevance to communication in clinical practice. It moves on to explore potential obstacles to effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Through this course, practitioners from various healthcare settings will acquire new insight into, or advance their current knowledge of, the cultural, environmental, organizational, and other barriers to communication that disrupt valuable interactions with their patients and colleagues. They will further identify and be prepared to incorporate evidence-based strategies to improve the effectiveness of their communication with patients.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Distinguish the historical and theoretical basis of communication concepts.
  • Distinguish the fundamentals of human communication and their application to communication in healthcare.
  • Analyze barriers to healthcare professional-patient communication that impede therapeutic communication and positive patient outcomes.
  • Compare strategies to improve the effectiveness of communication with patients.
  • Distinguish approaches to successfully communicate with multidisciplinary team members.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Overview

This course offers a roadmap toward healthcare professionals’ understanding and application of effective communication in patient care settings. As a starting point, the course navigates clinicians through the fundamentals of communication science and its relevance to communication in clinical practice. It moves on to explore potential obstacles to effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Through this course, practitioners from various healthcare settings will acquire new insight into, or advance their current knowledge of, the cultural, environmental, organizational, and other barriers to communication that disrupt valuable interactions with their patients and colleagues. They will further identify and be prepared to incorporate evidence-based strategies to improve the effectiveness of their communication with patients.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Distinguish the historical and theoretical basis of communication concepts.
  • Distinguish the fundamentals of human communication and their application to communication in healthcare.
  • Analyze barriers to healthcare professional-patient communication that impede therapeutic communication and positive patient outcomes.
  • Compare strategies to improve the effectiveness of communication with patients.
  • Distinguish approaches to successfully communicate with multidisciplinary team members.

Disclosures:

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Athletic Training, Occupational TherapyPhysical TherapySpeech-Language Pathology

Contact Hours
Upon sucessful completion of this course, you will be awarded the following contact hours (based on profession):
Athletic Training: 2
Occupational Therapy: 2
Physical Therapy: 2
Speech-Language Pathology: 2

Nursing: 9
Pharmacy: 9
Physician: 9
Counselor: 3
Psychology: 9
Social Work: 9

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us or by using the chat functionality.


AOTA logo Colibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 14188 This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate, Professional Issues, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Athletic Training, Occupational TherapyPhysical TherapySpeech-Language Pathology

Contact Hours
Upon sucessful completion of this course, you will be awarded the following contact hours (based on profession):
Athletic Training: 2
Occupational Therapy: 2
Physical Therapy: 2
Speech-Language Pathology: 2

Nursing: 9
Pharmacy: 9
Physician: 9
Counselor: 3
Psychology: 9
Social Work: 9

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us or by using the chat functionality.


AOTA logo Colibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 14188 This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate, Professional Issues, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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