Free CME/CE that builds communication skills to improve patient outcomes
Communication is at the center of every patient interaction — but it’s rarely taught.
Our CME/CE give health care professionals and organizations the tools, frameworks, and strategies to communicate more clearly, build trust, and drive better outcomes.
Through practical frameworks, real-world scenarios, and immediately usable tools, we help individuals and teams communicate more effectively — with patients, with communities, and across care settings.
Our CME/CE is accredited for MDs, DOs, PAs, NPs, RNs, and Pharmacists. Register now to get started.
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Learn from TMP, get free CME/CE
Our CME/CE course offers one (1.0) free hour of continuing education credit at your own pace. The learning series covers multiple topics grouped thematically, including maximizing trust, presumptive recommendations, and how to answer any question. See below for more information about each lesson.
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The TMP CME/CE Series
Sign up for free online access to Module 1 of our CME/CE Series. You'll learn strategies, tools, and tactics to improve your communication skills and strengthen your status as a life-changing trusted messenger.
Module 1: Maximizing Trust and Reducing Resistance
Taking AIMS: How to Handle, and Overcome, Patient Resistance
This lesson offers an overview of AIMS, a four-step, evidence-based communication approach that helps you meet patient resistance and navigate difficult conversations-including talks about vaccines-in a way that builds trust and improves patient receptivity.
The Power of Presumptive Recommendations
This lesson explores three common missteps HCPs make when making recommendations and explains how clear, concise presumptive recommendations can reduce resistance, build trust, and improve patient outcomes-especially for vaccines.
HCPs as Trusted Messengers
This lesson explores why, in an age of increasing skepticism and declining institutional trust, local health care providers are still the most trusted messengers, why good communication is essential to good health care, and what you can do and say to maximize that trust and help turn the tide.
How to Answer Any Question
This lesson explores a set of practical, strategic tools and techniques that make you a better, more confident communicator and empower you to answer any question with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
Is your organization interested in in-person trainings? Learn more about the Trusted Messenger Program Institute .