Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Patient-centered Care01:13

Patient-centered Care

2.6K
Patient-centered care involves delivering care beyond inpatient hospitalization. Reflective practice can enhance a patient-centered approach. Reflective practice is a process of reasoning that considers all aspects of the present situation, including practicalities, learning from personal practice, and consideration of patient needs. Patients appreciate care decisions made while considering their input. Involving the patient in their care provides the patient with a sense of contribution rather...
2.6K
Critical Thinking II01:25

Critical Thinking II

3.7K
Critical thinking is a cognitive process with several attributes. The attributes of critical thinking include the following:
3.7K
Critical Thinking I01:24

Critical Thinking I

4.2K
Critical thinking helps decision-making and allows nurses to recognize barriers to success and find solutions to possible issues. It helps to brainstorm and implement ideas to achieve goals. Critical thinking helps acknowledge and state workflow inefficiencies while improving management techniques. Nurses understand the value of critical thinking and look for fellow nurses with critical thinking skills to upgrade their professional standards. Critical thinking can advance a nurse's career...
4.2K
Nursing Clinical Information System01:27

Nursing Clinical Information System

970
Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS)
A Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS) is a specialized type of healthcare information system tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing practice. It incorporates the principles of nursing informatics to streamline information management and improve the quality of care delivery.
Critical attributes of NCIS include:
970
Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching I: Assessment and Diagnosis01:24

Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching I: Assessment and Diagnosis

2.1K
The nursing process provides a clinical decision-making framework for patients and families to establish and implement a personalized care plan. Since part of the nurse's duties is to teach patients, the steps of the nursing process are the most effective way to approach instruction. The nursing process and the teaching-learning process are inextricably linked.
It is critical to determine the patient's learning needs during the assessment. Determination of learning needs compounds data...
2.1K
Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I01:21

Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I

1.9K
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care.
Physicians
The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution...
1.9K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

The myth that slow test-takers are worse students: Implications for time-limited testing.

Medical education·2026
Same author

Covert audio recording of the clinical encounter to identify learning needs and exemplary performance in a pediatrics residency program.

PloS one·2026
Same author

Increasing contextualization of care rates through clinician prompting interventions.

Patient education and counseling·2026
Same author

Increasing financial incentives can lower the cost of trial recruitment.

Trials·2024
Same author

Effect of Electronic Health Record Clinical Decision Support on Contextualization of Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA network open·2022
Same author

Directly Observed Care: Crossing the Chasm of Quality Measurement.

Journal of general internal medicine·2022

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Nov 1, 2025

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
14:32

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

24.0K

Contextualizing care: An essential and measurable clinical competency.

Saul J Weiner1

  • 1Veterans Affairs (VA) Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 840 South Wood St, CSN 450, M/C 718, Chicago, IL, USA.

Patient Education and Counseling
|June 23, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Contextualizing patient care by adapting evidence to individual needs prevents errors. This essential clinician competency, supported by extensive research, improves outcomes and reduces costs.

Keywords:
Clinical decision makingCompetencyContextual errorContextualizing careMedical educationPatient-centered care

More Related Videos

Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
10:07

Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education

Published on: June 21, 2010

19.2K
Author Spotlight: Evaluating Clinicians' Adoption of Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation Through Simulation Training
05:04

Author Spotlight: Evaluating Clinicians' Adoption of Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation Through Simulation Training

Published on: August 9, 2024

1.2K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Nov 1, 2025

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
14:32

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

24.0K
Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
10:07

Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education

Published on: June 21, 2010

19.2K
Author Spotlight: Evaluating Clinicians' Adoption of Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation Through Simulation Training
05:04

Author Spotlight: Evaluating Clinicians' Adoption of Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation Through Simulation Training

Published on: August 9, 2024

1.2K

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Practice Improvement
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Contextualizing care, adapting evidence to patient life context, is crucial for effective treatment.
  • Failure to contextualize care leads to 'contextual errors,' negatively impacting patient outcomes and healthcare expenses.
  • Over 5000 physician-patient encounters, analyzed with a specialized algorithm, reveal the prevalence and impact of these errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the significance of contextualizing care as an essential clinician competency.
  • To propose an evidence-informed strategy for developing and reinforcing contextualizing skills throughout medical education and professional development.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of over 5000 incognito recordings of physician-patient encounters across various settings.
  • Integration of encounter recordings with corresponding medical records.
  • Utilization of a specialized coding algorithm to identify and analyze contextual errors.

Main Results:

  • Contextual errors are common and significantly affect patient outcomes and healthcare costs.
  • Educational and practice improvement interventions have shown benefits but also limitations at different training levels.
  • Contextualizing care is a critical skill that can be taught and reinforced.

Conclusions:

  • Contextualizing care is an indispensable competency for all clinicians.
  • An evidence-informed strategy is proposed to build and sustain these skills across the medical education continuum.
  • Addressing contextual errors is key to improving patient care and reducing healthcare inefficiencies.