Sisyphus or Pegasus? The physician interviewer in the era of corporation of care

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If physicians improve their patient interviewing skills, patient and physician satisfaction, effectiveness of care, and retention of patients will all improve. Such improvements could be a crucial step in mending the professional dissatisfaction that has occurred as care has been increasingly administered by corporations. A 1996 study found that physicians who involve patients in treatment decisions have more satisfied patients than those who do not encourage participation. Other studies have shown that patient interviewing is a crucial skill that effects patient trust, treatment outcome, cost-effectiveness, and quality of life. Moreover, studies have shown that patient interviewing and communication skills are teachable. Investing in such communication skills is important and may also lead to more accurate diagnosis, greater consistency of care due to less physician turnover, and fewer cases of malpractice.

Social aspects, Editorial, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations

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An organized sense of wonder: from the President's Convocation Address at the American College of Physicians Annual Session, 16 March 1995

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Physicians need to actively involve themselves in the public health care struggle and insist on quality care delivered to all people. Basic medical services are beyond the economic reach of a great proportion of the population. A significant percentage of these people have no medical insurance. The rising costs of modern medical technology are compromising the health of other sectors of society including social services, education, and the business economy. Many managed care organizations are compromising quality care for the sake of economics. Physicians must control wasteful spending and expand their view of their public role in the community but not compromise on quality and compassionate care.

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On bedside teaching

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Learning and teaching done at the patient's bedside can be invaluable for the patient, family, faculty member, and student. The advent of routine medical technology use has reduced the frequency of bedside teaching encounters from 75% in the 1960's to less than 16% in 1978. Faculty doctors may need to retrain themselves to become effective teachers at the bedside. These skills would include guiding student doctors through the disease identification process, handling sensitive issues with the patient and family present, and juggling teaching time with the hospital staff's routines.

Management, Medical students, Training, Hospitals, Teaching, Teaching hospitals

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