Search results for "Communication Skills"
Clinical Skills Committee accepting proposals for ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
The committee is seeking proposals for interactive workshops that focus on the acquisition or improvement of procedural, physical examination, and communication skills and have a high likelihood of changing physician behavior.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/04/05/6.htm
5 Apr 2022
Communication skills vital to cancer conversations
Cancer patients want information, but not in a way that makes them lose hope. Effective shared decision making and risk communication strategies can help.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2013/09/communication.htm
1 Sep 2013
Physician training increased shared decision making at subsequent visits in elderly patients
A U.S. trial found that elderly patients whose physicians had taken a two-hour online course in communication skills were more likely to have had screening discussions focused on shared decision making during a primary care visit.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2022/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2022
Rethinking advance care planning
While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022
ACP's Clinical Skills Committee accepting proposals
The Committee places a priority on interactive workshops that focus on the acquisition or improvement of procedural skills, physical examination skills, and communication skills.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/30/5.htm
30 Apr 2019
Telemedicine's time has arrived
As the need for remote health care expands, medical educators and residents continue to refine the best ways to teach and learn telemedicine.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/09/telemedicines-time-has-arrived.htm
1 Sep 2022
ACP's Clinical Skills Committee accepting proposals for Internal Medicine Meeting 2022
The Committee is most interested in workshops that have a high likelihood of changing physician behavior using proven teaching techniques or new and innovative teaching strategies that have yet to be tested.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/24/5.htm
24 Mar 2020
How many stars for physician ratings?
Online physician ratings are not going away any time soon, despite very real and very negative consequences.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/02/how-many-stars-for-physician-ratings.htm
1 Feb 2020
Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication
The guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care focus on two main concepts: that palliative care is inclusive of all people with serious illness and that timely consideration of palliative care is the responsibility of all who care for the seriously ill, including primary care physicians, subspecialists, and hospitalists.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/06/4.htm
6 Nov 2018
Palliative care's place outside cancer
Integrated palliative care is important in offering comfort measures to patients with conditions that are expected to shorten their life spans.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2019/06/palliative-cares-place-outside-cancer.htm
1 Jun 2019