British Medical Association Writing Competition runner-up and junior doctor,
Lucy Mant, asks the pertinent question
'Do you know what I mean?' Lucy reflects on the times when she debated, by then grit
her teeth and fronted up with the truth.
"Since I began to think more about the truth, aside from occasional
feelings of teenage embarrassment, my predominant feeling has been one
of pleasant surprise. Through replacing my bravado with the pure and
simple truth, I have had many wonderful learning experiences."
Junior doctors and medical students can identify with and learn from these true and honestly recounted scenarios! This competition submission was published July 26, 2013 on the BMA website, click on the title link to read the full article. Other excellent Writing Competition entries are also posted on the
BMA website.
Labels: BMA, communication, honesty, junior doctors, medical student behavior, writing competition
Physician - Patient Etiquette in the Age of EHRs
"Meaningful use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) involves more than implementing an EHR. It involves interacting with patients and the computer in the exam room in a way that is productive and enhances the interaction between the patient and the physician."
This 10 minute You Tube video called
"Physician Exam Room EHR Etiquette", created by Dr. Garber of the Fallon Clinic, explains the
LEVEL process created by Kaiser Permanente. The video gives
“good doctor” and
“bad doctor” examples that physicians and medical students alike can learn and hopefully emulate!
The
LEVEL process stands for:
- L ~ Let the patient look on.
- E ~ Eye contact.
- V ~ Value the computer.
- E ~ Explain what you are doing.
- L ~ Log off.
Learn even more about
"How to communicate well with patients while working on an Electronic Health Record" by reading this report by Pamela Lewis Dolan, from
American Medical News, July 23, 2012.
Labels: communication, doctor patient interaction, EHR, electronic medical records, health care informatics, physician etiquette, physician patient communication, physician patient interaction
Listen to the podcast from CBC Radio and then voice your opinion on this latest phenomenon called
'social medicine'.What is 'social medicine'?"That's when health professionals blog and tweet and text, not only to each other -- but to their patients. Some even go as far as making friends on Facebook ..."
CBC Radio program
"White Coat, Black Art" presents the pros & cons.
Labels: communication, health policy, health professionals, health technology, law, medical ethics, patient-physician communication, social media, social medicine
Face-to-Face vs. Facebook
For our plugged-in, internet savvy, Gen Y's the question arises; when it comes to the bigger, deeper emotional issues are you going to seek therapy online or are you still going to prefer face-to-face therapy?
Our very own professor
Dr. Vickie Rogers set out to determine the response from a perspective that had not been previously studied, that of the
psychiatric nurse.
"The purpose of this study was to compare differences in emotional self-disclosure between young adult Internet users who prefer face-to-face therapy to those who prefer Internet therapy. A convenience sample of 328 was recruited from Facebook to complete an online survey. A total of 263 preferred face-to-face therapy (F2FT) while 65 preferred Internet therapy (IT). Significant differences were found with the F2FT group willing to disclose emotions of depression, jealously, anxiety, and fear to a therapist more frequently than the IT group. The majority reported a preference for F2FT over IT." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This study provides an important first step to determine the emotional self-disclosure differences and preferences in our young adult population. Given the high number of participants that reported a history of therapy, a need for psychiatric nurses to reach out with new ways to deliver therapy to better serve these clients, seems warranted.
Full-text of the article was published in October in the journal, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, and is available on Reserve in the Library.Citation: Rogers, V., Griffin, M., Wykle, M., & Fitzpatrick, J. (2009). Internet versus Face-to-Face Therapy: Emotional Self-Disclosure Issues for Young Adults.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(10), 596-602. doi:10.1080/01612840903003520.
Labels: communication, F2FT, face-to-face therapy, Generation Y, Internet therapy, internet users research, mental health nursing, psychiatric nursing, self-disclosure, young adults attitudes
