Interpersonal communication in health care

Synchronous Activities:

Live meeting of class

Asynchronous Activities:

Read:

  1. NEJM Catalyst.  What is patient-centered care? (2017, Jan. 1).  NEJM Catalyst. 
  2. Kilbride MK, Joffe S. The New Age of Patient Autonomy: Implications for the Patient-Physician Relationship. JAMA. 2018;320(19):1973–1974. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.14382
  3. Sanders L, Fortin AH, Schiff GD. Connecting With Patients—The Missing Links. Off-campus login required. JAMA. 2020;323(1):33–34. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.20153
  4. Timmermans, S. (2020). The Engaged Patient: The Relevance of Patient–Physician Communication for Twenty-First-Century Health. Off-campus login required. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 61(3), 259–273.

Watch the 4-minute video at:

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Brian P. Jenssen, Mary Kate Kelly, Jennifer Faerber, Chloe Hannan, David A. Asch, Justine Shults, Robert A. Schnoll and Alexander G. Fiks. Parent Preferences for Pediatric Clinician Messaging to Promote Smoking Cessation Treatment. Pediatrics July 2020, 146 (1) e20193901; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-3901

Reading (continued)

  1. Scheufele TD et al (2018). Learning from patients’ experiences related to diagnostic errors is essential for progress in patient safety. Health Affairs 37 (11): 1821-1827.
  2. Lazris and Roth (2021). Poor physician-patient communication and medical error.Off-campus login required. American Family Physician 103 (12): 757-759.

Assignments (due online)

  1. Respond to the DB questions under DB 5, Interpersonal Communication in Health Care
  2. Respond to at least one other student’s post.
  3. Group Project Check-in

Exam

Midterm Exam covers the introduction, COVID-19, health literacy, theories, public health campaigns, interpersonal communication in health care.