Harness effective conflict management strategies to support your team

100% online | Self-paced & interactive | Begin anytime!

Conflict is inevitable and a part of life. This self-paced module is a practical application of conflict management literature and theory for participants who want to better understand and navigate conflict.

 

Course Overview

Participants will identify a conflict, consider the type of conflict present (personal, task, process) and then take a journey in diagnosing their own conflict management style. Additionally, participants will consider potential symptoms including perceptions, internal dialogue, and emotions. Once symptoms and diagnosis are addressed, participants will identify viable conflict management options including avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising, and collaborating.

100% Online

This course is a self-paced, asynchronous online course delivered via Brightspace, the IHP learning management system. The course consists of animated case videos and vignettes, evidence-based content, interactive knowledge checks, and reflection questions that support in building your knowledge and strategies for conflict dialogues.

Approximately 2.5 hours of learning total. Learners will have 4 months to complete the course upon registration.

This topic is relevant to any education and health professionals who participate in or lead a team. Although the examples are specific to healthcare, we will look at teams through an interprofessional lens and you will quickly see how this applies in all aspects of your lives.

There is no pre-requisite for this course.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Recognize and differentiate conflict management communication modes.
  2. Identify conflict types and cultures and how each impacts dialogue.
  3. Discuss conflict scenarios and factors that affect dialogue.
  • Recognize & Manage your Stories
  • Conditions & Causes of Conflict
  • Case Study
  • Understanding the origin and type of conflict
  • Case Study
     
  • Escalating and de-escalating language
  • Dialogue encouragers
  • Creating team dialogue
     
  • Conflict management styles
  • Embedded course exercises
     
  • Case Study
  • References
     

General Fee $80

  • Groups of 3 or more individuals from the same organization and employees at institutions that take IHP students in a clinical teaching capacity are eligible for a discount, contact us for more information.
  • MGB Employees, IHP Alumni and Employees who work at non-MGB affiliates are eligible for a 20% reduction in tuition on all our Continuing Education and Professional Development offerings (not fees). 
     

Learning Outcomes

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Recognize

Recognize and differentiate conflict management communication modes.

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Identify

Identify conflict types and cultures and how each impacts dialogue.

Discuss

Discuss conflict scenarios and factors that affect dialogue.

Couse Faculty

Dr. Bobbie Ann Adair White is an educator, coach, and consultant. Acting as a learning mediator and coach, BA teaches in the following content areas: conflict management, teams in medicine, leadership and educational administration, and health professions education.

Her formal education consists of a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in sociology, a Master of Arts in industrial and organizational psychology, and a doctorate in educational leadership with a dissertation entitled "Conflict Management Education as a tool for Leadership Development in the Intensive Care Unit".

BA serves as an Associate Professor within the Health Professions Education program at MGH IHP and Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Research at Baylor Scott & White Health's Department of Surgery in Temple, TX.

Continuing Education Credits

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In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

 

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 2.5 contact hours for nurses.

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

 

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. 

MGH Institute of Health Professions has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until May 2025. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

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This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

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