A recording of the Center for Communication in Medicine’s latest SpeakSooner community education program, “Empathy As A Bridge To Improve Healthcare Communication: A Two-Way Street”, is ready to view at SpeakSooner.org.  As one attendee remarked, “This was your best program ever!”   Our panel of experts – Brian Cunningham, MD (ret.); Carol Comar Frost, […]

                    Center for Communication in Medicine co-founder and Executive Director, Dr. Bernard Bandman, received the 2022 Vermont Psychological Association award for his contributions to the field of psychology, with special recognition for establishing the psychological services program at Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center and developing SpeakSooner […]

On Tuesday, May 24, at 6pm the Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) will present a hybrid community education program, “Comfort or Conflict in End-of-Life Care: A Discussion About What’s Missing with Advance Directives”, live at the Bennington Performing Arts Center and streamed through our website. The evening will include a documentary film, PROGNOSIS – notes on […]

The Center for Communication in Medicine will offer a free webinar on Wednesday, October 27 at 6pm, “Surviving Illness: Challenges of Living Fully in the Time of COVID”. The program will be live streamed and available for viewing on their website speaksooner.org.

 

On Monday, October 4, the Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) will present “Guiding Patients Facing Serious Illness Make Informed Healthcare Decisions” at Adirondack Health (Saranac Lake, NY) Nurses Grand Rounds. The program will address barriers and solutions to effective communication about treatment options, quality of life considerations and supportive care needs. CCM Executive Director […]

On Friday, June 4, the Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) presented a workshop to the Vermont Psychological Association. The program, “Helping Patients Communicate with Healthcare Providers” introduced psychologists to CCM’s signature tool, SpeakSooner: A Patient’s Guide to Difficult Conversations.  CCM Executive Director, Bernard Bandman, PhD and Battenkill Valley Health Care physician, Dr. Michael Welther […]

On May 11 at 6pm The Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) will offer a free online webinar, “Coping With COVID-19: The Lived Experience of Patients, Loved Ones and Healthcare Providers.” CCM is committed to presenting SpeakSooner community education programs through our online platform.   The panel includes COVID-19 patient Jim Raposa, his wife Claudia, […]

On May 11 at 6pm The Center for Communication in Medicine (CCM) will offer a free online webinar, “Coping With COVID-19: The Lived Experience of Patients, Loved Ones and Healthcare Providers.” CCM is committed to presenting SpeakSooner community education programs through our online platform.   The panel includes COVID-19 patient Jim Raposa, his wife Claudia, […]

The Center for Communication in Medicine’s (CCM) SpeakSooner Community Education Programs are going strong this spring with trainings scheduled for staff members at Battenkill Valley Health Center in Arlington, VT and Adirondack Health in Saranac Lake, NY. SpeakSooner’s online trainings offer healthcare professionals an opportunity to learn about the use of CCM’s signature tool, SpeakSooner®: […]

On March 22, CCM founders Celia Engel Bandman and Bernard Bandman, PhD will offer a seminar at Rutgers University on the use of SpeakSooner®: A Patient’s Guide to Difficult Conversations to prompt patients to document their questions and concerns in preparing to open channels of communication with healthcare providers. They will emphasize the patient’s voice. The seminar will be […]