Third year UMHS-SK medical student,
Kristin Riggs, puts a little heart back into the practice of medicine.
"For Jose" is a moving, personal narrative published this month in
"Family Medicine" Journal ~
[Vol.44,No.1 Jan 2012] . Ms. Riggs will no doubt have many more similar patient encounters as she embarks on her chosen career as a family physician, but this one with Jose, she has generously shared with all of us.
"In just a split second, his eyes told me more than any doctor or procedure had told me that day; he was scared, he was alone, and there was nothing he could do about it."
Thanks Kristin for holding Jose's hand!
Please take a few minutes to read this precious experience! Click on the link to the TOC's for the latest issue [January 2012], and scroll down to the article.
Labels: care of the patient, family medicine, medical students, patient-physician communication
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
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
"The enemy of disease is knowledge!"
~ Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS.
In a short video interview, Sir Muir Gray likens knowledge to water by stating that just as
'clean, clear water' is crucial to good health, so today's 'water' is
'clean, clear knowledge'. He maintains that this
'knowledge' is even more important than any drug or technological healthcare innovation.
As a spokesperson for the
Map of Medicine, the tool that is tranforming healthcare in the UK and beyond, Sir Gray explains that we are currently in the
'3rd health care revolution'. The three key ingredients in this revolution he states are:
1) knowledge
2) the internet
3) patients
This
Web 3.0 meets the
'6S model' of evidence-based medical practice; is transcending the old
'care plan/ medical record' to facilitate a new, more satisfactory level of interdisciplinary cooperation and patient-physician collaboration for improved health outcomes!
Click on the post title to access the video clip of this interview. Labels: 6S model, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary healthcare, knowledge transfer, patient education, patient-physician communication, Web 3.0
Editors are now collaborating on the
Medpedia Project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide.
Only physicians and Ph.D.s in a biomedical field are allowed to make edits directly to the article pages. However, everyone is encouraged to contribute by using the
"Suggest Changes" link at the top of each article page.
Think of
The Medpedia Project as the free technology platform for the medical community, a sort of 'Wikipedia' for the sharing and advancing of knowledge about health, medicine and the body.
Labels: consumer health information, knowledge transfer, medical encyclopedia, Medpedia Project, patient-physician communication, Web 2.0, wikis
Study finds they miss patients' cues about fears of well-being,
even death -- Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- "Physicians only responded to
10 percent of empathic opportunities and, when patients raised 'existential' concerns, physicians tended to shift more to biomedical responses," said study author
Dr. Diane Morse, an assistant professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in New York.
"Empathy -- identifying with and understanding another person's situation and feelings -- has been linked with improved patient satisfaction, including less anxiety and better compliance with treatment. Physicians, residents and
medical students also show evidence of more satisfaction and less burnout if they provide empathy, Morse said."
Research published in latest issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Labels: bedside manner, empathy, patient satisfaction, patient-physician communication
