First 5 Minutes®: Compassionate ILD Care

Availability

On-Demand

Course

Release on Sep 05, 2025 12:00 AM Central Daylight Time
Access expires on Sep 04, 2026

Credit Offered

No Credit Offered

First 5 Minutes^®: Compassionate ILD Care is a three-module, conversation-focused microseries that helps clinicians build trust quickly and guide patients through the complexity of interstitial lung disease (ILD). In bite-size, interactive scenarios, you’ll practice the core First 5 Minutes (F5M) skills—opening the visit, listening and reflecting, exploring the personal story, and naming emotions—while applying the PEARLS empathy framework: partnership, emotion, apology/appreciation, respect, legitimation, support. Across modules on diagnosis, treatment planning, and long-term management, you’ll learn to explain progression and uncertainty in plain language, negotiate testing and next steps, and address real-world barriers (cost, caregiver strain, work-related exposures, breathlessness, etc.). Each module translates communication technique into clinical action—so you leave with practical lines of conversation, patient-ready visuals, and a shared-decision workflow you can use on your very next ILD visit.

Interaction 1:

Open the conversation by greeting the patient, stating your role, attending to comfort, and inviting patient concerns using a “What else?” approach.

Name the emotion and apply the PEARLS empathy framework to respond to patient emotions when delivering an ILD diagnosis.

Negotiate the agenda and immediate goals by summarizing the patient’s concerns, confirming priorities, and agreeing on next steps tailored to language, age, culture, and personal lifestyle.

Interaction 2:

Use listening and reflection skills to bring the patient’s concerns to the surface and then illustrate how lung scarring can worsen over time with clear metaphors and images.

Name the emotion and apply the PEARLS empathy framework to acknowledge fear, frustration, or uncertainty.

Partner on a tailored treatment plan by combining patient priorities and clinical goals and negotiating next steps.

Interaction 3:

Use listening and reflection to explore the patient’s personal story—long-term goals, concerns, and how ILD shapes their daily life—to lay the groundwork for shared decision-making.

Ask “What else?” to uncover and validate additional barriers, and name the emotion and apply the PEARLS empathy framework to acknowledge each obstacle.

Partner on a tailored management and exacerbation-prevention plan that merges patient and clinical goals into a clear road map for follow-up, including treatments, supportive care, lifestyle changes, and palliative options.

BI statement: This is a nonpromotional, non-CME disease-state educational program brought to you by CHEST in collaboration with and sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.