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David Hatem1, Kathy Mazor, Melissa Fischer

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North,Worcester, MA 01655, USA. hatemd@ummhc.org

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Patient perspectives on caring are unique and contextual, requiring individualized physician communication strategies. Training should focus on adapting behaviors to meet patient needs during difficult conversations like delivering bad news or discussing palliative care.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Communication Skills
  • Patient-Centered Care

Background:

  • Patient perspectives on caring are crucial for effective medical communication.
  • Existing literature on physician caring may not fully capture patient expectations in challenging situations.
  • Developing targeted curricula requires understanding patient viewpoints on sensitive medical interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To integrate patient viewpoints on caring into medical education curricula.
  • To enhance training for physicians on delivering bad news, transitioning to palliative care, and communicating medical errors.
  • To develop workshops based on patient-centered communication principles.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted focus groups with community patients to gather perspectives on physician caring.
  • Utilized patient feedback from focus groups and medical literature to inform curriculum development.
  • Delivered workshops to Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residents on advanced communication skills.

Main Results:

  • Patient perspectives on caring revealed unique and sometimes contradictory individual reactions.
  • Identified "arranges to meet healthcare needs" as a novel component of patient-perceived caring.
  • Curriculum development emphasized assessing and meeting patients' informational and emotional needs in real-time.
  • Workshops incorporating these patient-centered approaches received high evaluations from residents.

Conclusions:

  • Patient expectations for caring are highly contextual and necessitate individualized physician communication.
  • Effective communication training must include behavioral skills and process skills for adapting to patient needs.
  • Learners must value caring behaviors and master the process of adjusting actions to meet patient needs in challenging scenarios.