In this one-lesson course, we’ll introduce you to patient and family shadowing, a valuable exercise for health professions students and health care professionals at any stage of their career. You’ll learn five steps for using shadowing to better empathize with…
What does it mean to treat patients and families with dignity and respect? It means that health care providers listen to and honor patient and family perspectives and choices. Providers incorporate patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural background…
The relationship between patient and provider is changing. Many health care systems aim to provide not only high-quality services, but also patient-centered care that advances the unique health goals of each person and family. In this course, you’ll learn about…
This collection of courses is available to American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) members only. AAO Online Courses cover a range of clinical topics. Courses cover the basic of anatomy and physiology and then follow the natural clinical process from histopathology…
UpToDate is an electronic learning tool that provides current, authoritative, and clinically focused information available on 10,000+ topics covering 22+ medical specialties. We integrate the best evidence with clinical experience to produce practical and detailed topics to answer physicians’ questions…
Mutual caring between clinician and patient only thrives within the mutually understood boundaries of a professional relationship. Occasionally, unexamined feelings or misinterpreted communications by patient or clinician lead to incursions beyond those boundaries, and such incursions always threaten the relationship….
Clinician rates of impairment from substance abuse and from psychiatric and physical disability are at least as high as the general population. As a clinician, you owe allegiance to both your colleagues and to a professional standard of ethics and…
In this module, we explore typical reactions to disruptions, terminations and transfers of care as well as communication strategies that have proven effective in managing such separations. Diplomate Engagement Self-assessment questions tailored to each specific module topic are required upon…
Unexpected death, any major complication or any error produces very strong emotions high reactivity. Clinicians need support setting up and conducting conversations about tragic outcomes. In conversations regarding “major” complications or clear errors, emotions and disappointment are stronger, particularly the…
Communicating news about a diagnosis of life-threatening illness, discussing prognosis, eliciting patients’ goals, translating goals into interventions, providing psychosocial support and saying goodbye are critically important interventions for all clinicians. Often, specialists such as oncologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, and others provide…
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