RTS educational opportunities are available in a variety of virtual formats for a range of professionals. Courses cover core competency training, bereavement coordinator certification, foundational bereavement topics, and diverse and emerging trends and topics. Choose the course that's right for you.
Bereavement education for healthcare professionals
Research shows that caring for dying patients and their families is the most anxiety-producing situation for healthcare professionals. Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) can help. More than 95% of survey participants found our training increased their comfort level surrounding bereavement care.
RTS training enhances knowledge, skills, and comfort levels when caring for grieving patients and families across the lifespan. More than 65,000 nurses, chaplains, physicians, social workers, and other caregivers have benefitted from our evidence- and relationship-based bereavement education program since 1981.
RTS Core Courses
Our three "core courses" are perinatal death, neonatal and pediatric death, and adult death. Once you have completed an RTS core course, you are eligible to become certified as an RTS bereavement coordinator.
RTS Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death
This RTS core course focuses on caring for families experiencing miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, life-limiting diagnosis, stillbirth, and newborn death. Topics include grief and bereavement; unique aspects of supporting parents, loved ones, and friends grieving perinatal loss; perinatal mental health; follow-up; self-care; and more.
Continuing education credits are available for nurses.
Format:
This highly sought-after training is available in two formats.
LIVE, VIRTUAL 2-DAY TRAINING:
Complete the course over 2 days with healthcare professionals across the country and around the world.
2026 COURSE DATES
- May 12-13
- August 31-September 1
- December 7-8
12-HOUR SELF-DIRECTED TRAINING:
Complete the course at your own pace with this interactive, learner-directed option that's perfect for those with busy schedules.
Audience:
Professionals who routinely interact with, provide care for, and support pregnant persons and their loved ones when a baby dies
- Chaplains
- Child life specialists
- Doulas
- Genetic counselors
- Midwives
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Social workers
- Ultrasonographers
RTS Bereavement Training: Neonatal and Pediatric Death
This RTS core course focuses on supporting families experiencing neonatal or pediatric death. Topics include newborn death, caring for children who will die and their families, bereaved children and teens, self-care, follow-up, and more.
Format:
Available as an 11-hour self-directed course for individual completion and as a live, virtual 2-day course for groups of 30 or more.
Audience:
Professionals who routinely interact with, provide care for, and support grieving families when a child dies
- Behavioral health personnel
- Chaplains
- Child life specialists
- Emergency medical services personnel
- Genetic counselors
- Interpreters
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Social workers
RTS Bereavement Training: Adult Death
This RTS core course focuses on supporting families experiencing adult death. Topics include end-of-life care, traumatic death and stigma, grief and families, making meaning, self-care, and follow-up.
Format:
Available as an 11-hour self-directed course for individual completion and as a live, virtual 2-day course for groups of 30 or more.
Audience:
Professionals who routinely interact with, provide care for, and support those grieving the death of a loved one
- Care coordinators
- Chaplains
- Ethicists
- Genetic counselors
- Interpreter services personnel
- Long-term care administrators
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Social workers
If you recognize the value of the RTS evidence-based approach to standardized bereavement care and plan to lead that work within your organization, this 1-day certification course is for you. Meet, connect, and learn from healthcare professionals across the country and around the world. Topics include components of a sustainable bereavement care model, change models and theory, education and training, and organizational culture. As an RTS Certified Bereavement Coordinator (RTSCBC), you’ll receive access to professional groups, tailored consultations, program resources, a professional credential, and other support. Continuing education credits are available for nurses.
FORMAT:
Live, virtual 1-day course
2026 COURSE DATES:
- February 24
- May 19
- September 23
- December 9
AUDIENCE:
RTS-trained professionals* who recognize the value of the RTS-approach to standardized bereavement care and plan to implement it in their own organizations.
*Individuals who have completed one or more RTS core course(s) (i.e., perinatal death, neonatal and pediatric death, adult death).
When a baby is found to have a potentially life-threatening health condition before or just after birth, encounters, interactions, and exchanges with providers can have a significant effect on a family’s grief journey. One family, whose son Adam died of Trisomy 13, set about ensuring his story would make a difference. They focused their efforts on professionals caring for families whose baby is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition—especially those entering the field of genetic counseling. Through their efforts and in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, RTS offers this learner-directed module. Topics include relationship-based bereavement theories and concepts, types of perinatal loss, end-of-life decision-making, meaning-making, and more. A follow-up discussion guide for groups is included.
Format:
3-hour self-directed course
Audience:
Genetic counseling students
General Grief Training
This module is designed to provide a basic understanding of supporting grieving people. Intended for those working in all areas of the healthcare setting and beyond, the course content is accessible, yet evidence based. Topics include grief and bereavement, interacting with the bereaved, trauma and grief, making meaning, and self-care. Continuing education credits are available for nurses.
Format:
2-hour self-directed course
Audience:
Professionals and others who, at any level, support those grieving and wish to gain a basic understanding of best practice
- Educators in school settings
- Emergency medical services personnel
- Healthcare personnel in all roles and settings
- Mortuary services personnel
- Organization leaders
- Public health and social services providers
- Volunteers
Available in English and Spanish, this course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to foundational bereavement topics. Intended for those working in all areas of the healthcare setting and beyond, the course content is accessible, yet evidence based. Topics include communicating with the bereaved, memory-making and ritual, and Guided Participation—a method of teaching and learning.
Format:
2-hour learner-directed course
Audience:
Professionals and others who, at any level, support those grieving and wish to gain a basic understanding of best practice
- Educators in school settings
- Emergency medical services personnel
- Healthcare personnel in all roles and settings
- Mortuary services personnel
- Organization leaders
- Public health and social services providers
- Volunteers
We partner with leading bereavement professionals around the world to deliver important and timely bereavement topics to you. These 1-hour presentations address diverse issues and emerging trends.
Format:
Live and on-demand webinars
Audience:
All professionals who interact with, provide care for, and support those grieving the death of a loved one
- Advanced practice providers
- Educators in school settings
- Emergency medical services personnel
- Healthcare personnel in all roles and settings
- Mortuary services personnel
- Nurse educators
- Public health and social services providers
Licensing Options
Licensing options are available for select courses. Create a package that meets your organization’s needs. Contact [email protected] for more information.
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Powerful training. Very educational. It was also done in a beautifully sensitive way for such a difficult topic.