Table.

Case Scenario Topics for Trainees in Difficult Conversations Workshop (2010–2016)^a

Interns

Residents

Disclosing a new life-threatening/altering diagnosis Disclosing a medical error Discussing with parents the need to proceed with a child abuse evaluation Informing parents of the need to escalate care (transferring a patient to the intensive care unit) Reaching consensus on a child's plan of care after parents receive differing opinions from consulting medical services Delivering a poor prognosis after parents witness resuscitation in the emergency department Referring a child with dysmorphic features to a genetics workup at their well child checkup Explaining the need to interview an adolescent in private

Disclosing a new life-threatening/altering diagnosis Disclosing a medical error Delivering difficult news by telephone Talking to angry parents who have a child with an unclear diagnosis Having a “do not resuscitate” conversation with parents who speak a different language Discussing pain management with parents whose goals differ from those of the providers Notifying a family of a death

^aCopies of the scenarios are available upon request from the authors.