Training Doctors to Teach Doctors to Care
A recent study published in Academic Medicine has found that a new method of training physicians how to teach the dimensions of care--effective communication, compassion and relationship building--results in physicians who love their profession and their patients, says Booster Shots, the LA Times Health Blog.
The longitudinal study conducted at 5 medical centers around the country attempt to determine whether doctors could be taught how to teach humanism and care--which they did and significantly more so than their control group counterparts.
The good news: appropriately trained medical school doctors can pass on what they learn about compassion, communication, and patient care to the next generation of physicians.
Summer Johnson, PhD
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