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First 5 Minutes^®: Compassionate ILD Care is a three-module, conversation-focused micro-series that helps clinicians build trust quickly and guide patients through the complexity of interstitial lung disease. In bite-size, interactive scenarios you’ll practice the core 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). Each module translates communication technique into clinical action—so you leave with practical lines, patient-ready visuals, and a shared-decision workflow you can use on your very next ILD visit.

Learning Objectives

Interaction 1:

• Initiate patient conversations with a warm greeting, clear role introduction, attention to comfort, and an open invitation for concerns using a “What else?” approach.
• Recognize and name patient emotions and apply the PEARLS empathy framework when delivering an ILD diagnosis.
• Summarize patient concerns, confirm priorities, and negotiate next steps tailored to language, age, culture, and personal lifestyle.

Interaction 2:

• Use listening and reflection skills to surface patient concerns and explain how lung scarring can worsen over time using clear metaphors and images.
• Acknowledge fear, frustration, or uncertainty by naming emotions and applying the PEARLS empathy framework.
• Partner with patients to develop a tailored treatment plan that integrates patient priorities with clinical goals and negotiated next steps.

Interaction 3:

• Explore the patient’s personal story—including long-term goals, concerns, and the impact of ILD on daily life—to support shared decision-making.
• Elicit and validate additional barriers using a “What else?” approach and acknowledge each obstacle by naming emotions and applying the PEARLS empathy framework.
• Integrate patient and clinical goals into a comprehensive management and exacerbation-prevention plan with a clear follow-up roadmap, including treatments, supportive care, lifestyle changes, and palliative options.

Publication expiration date: September 4, 2026