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Improving communicative access and patient experience in acute stroke care: An implementation journey
CONCLUSIONS: This implementation journey allowed for a deeper understanding of the competing demands of the acute care context and highlighted the need for further work on sustainability of communicative access interventions for stroke patients with aphasia and their families.PMID:38103420 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106390 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Aura Kagan Nina Simmons-Mackie Elizabeth Villar-Guerrero Melodie T Chan Ilona Turczyn J Charles Victor Elyse Shumway Lisa Chan Rochelle Cohen-Schneider Mark Bayley Source Type: research

Creating and administering video vignettes for a study examining the communication of diagnostic uncertainty: methodological insights to improve accessibility for researchers and participants
Studying clinician-patient communication can be challenging, particularly when research seeks to explore cause-and-effect relationships. Video vignettes – hypothetical yet realistic scenarios – offer advantage... (Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology)
Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology - December 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Caitr íona Cox, Thea Hatfield, Jordan Moxey and Zoë Fritz Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mitigating Weight Bias in the Clinical Setting: A New Approach to Care
AbstractWeight bias toward patients in larger bodies is pervasive among health care providers and can negatively influence provider-patient communication, as well as patients ’ behavior and health outcomes. Weight bias has historical roots that perpetuate thinness and Whiteness as the cultural norm. Although weight bias remains socially acceptable in US culture, contributing factors to an individual's body size are complex and multifactorial. Providers and health care systems also consistently use body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of health status, despite its limitations and harmful effects in the clinical setting. ...
Source: Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Midwifery Authors: Signey M. Olson, Elizabeth G. Mu ñoz, Ellen C. Solis, Heather M. Bradford Tags: Review Source Type: research

Exploring dermatologists ’ perspectives on vaccines in dermatology: a qualitative study
This study aims to examine dermatologists ’ perspectives on vaccine education in dermatology clinics, identify facilitators and barriers to vaccine administration in dermatology clinics, and explore strategies to improve vaccination rates in dermatology patients. Virtual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with board-certified derm atologists to explore their perspectives on vaccines in dermatology clinic. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research was used to analyze the data. Participating dermatologists were 60% female (n = 9) and 40% male (n = 6) and had a median of 7 years of clinic exper...
Source: Archives of Dermatological Research - December 12, 2023 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research

The Role of Empathy in Therapeutic Relationships
I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. I was at a mandatory “training session” on patient communication for all clinicians at my institution. There, I was being coached on how to properly talk to patients. In theory, this isn’t a bad thing—we all need more education on how to facilitate inclusive and equitable conversations with... (Source: The Rheumatologist)
Source: The Rheumatologist - December 8, 2023 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, RhMSUS Tags: Opinion Rheuminations Compassion Empathy patient communication patient satisfaction patient-clinician relationship physician-patient communication Source Type: research

Tangible impact of patient communication modules on medical students and interns
The objective of this study was to ascertain the perceptible qualitative influence of the modules in communication in the AETCOM course and to obtain feedback on its implementation. In this cross-sectional study, the attitude of medical students in all stages of training including internship was first explored using a Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Out of 27 modules in AETCOM course, five modules named foundations of communication deal with communication and they are taught from the first to final professional years of training. After introducing communication modules in AETCOM for all professional years, feed...
Source: Adv Physiol Educ - December 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Veena Nayak Kirtana Raghurama Nayak Samarth Goyal Shubhika Jain Sushma Prabhath Vikram Palimar Ramnarayan Komattil Source Type: research

Tangible impact of patient communication modules on medical students and interns
The objective of this study was to ascertain the perceptible qualitative influence of the modules in communication in the AETCOM course and to obtain feedback on its implementation. In this cross-sectional study, the attitude of medical students in all stages of training including internship was first explored using a Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Out of 27 modules in AETCOM course, five modules named foundations of communication deal with communication and they are taught from the first to final professional years of training. After introducing communication modules in AETCOM for all professional years, feed...
Source: Advances in Physiology Education - December 7, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Veena Nayak Kirtana Raghurama Nayak Samarth Goyal Shubhika Jain Sushma Prabhath Vikram Palimar Ramnarayan Komattil Source Type: research