AccessMedicine has added great new content, both brand new titles and some new editions.
These include:
Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology
also comes with over 600 Q&A and the Text & Atlas of Wound
Diagnosis and Treatment comes with over 100 Q&A that can be found
under AccessMedicine’s Study Tools.
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Under the Multimedia tab find a new series of Patient Interview Videos that will help you develop your communication skills, along with tools for communicating effectively with patients in
the clinical setting.
Within this
series, you will find such topics covered as:
- Varying interviewing skills
- Agenda setting
- Breaking bad news
- Dealing with demanding, inappropriate, and angry patients
- Empathy
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Labels: AccessMedicine, behavioral health, dermatology, microbiology, patient communication, patient interviews, practice questions, psychiatry, wound care
The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a
new offical policy to guide medical students and practicing physicians in the appropriate use of the various social media tools. This policy has arisen from the need to ensure the accuracy of information, maintain appropriate boundaries, as well as safeguard personal information and confidentiality in all online communications.
"Millions of Americans use social networks and blogs to communicate, but when those users are physicians, challenges to the patient-physician relationship can arise. New policy adopted today by the American Medical Association (AMA) aims at helping physicians to maintain a positive online presence and preserve the integrity of the patient-physician relationship." [8/11/2010]
Labels: blogs, confidentiality, patient communication, patient privacy, patient-physician communication, social media, social medicine
Free online course from the
Health Resources and Services Administration:
Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency.
This course is designed to:
~improve your patient communication skills
~increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency
~implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency
The 5 modules take about 5 hours to complete and you can move at your own pace.Labels: health literacy, muticultural communication, online course, patient communication
