Development and Test of a Communication Skills Training for Transplant Providers - Aims 2 & 3

A curriculum will be developed to educate patients about LDKT and promote the search of potential living donors while supporting patients' values and cultural preferences. The curriculum will consist of two components: didactic education and skills-based communication. The didactic component provides evidence of the impact of patient-provider communication and LDKT process outcomes for Black and Caucasian patients. The skills-based component will build communication confidence leading discussions about LDKT. It provides instructions for the key communication skills needed to confidently assuage patients' concerns about LDKT/live donation and motivates patients to search for living donor. The following will be covered: providing LDKT information/answering questions, highlighting LDKT benefits, refuting live donation misinformation, and encouraging patients to seek living donors.