Please join us for the next session in the AAMC Building Better Curriculum webinar series on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 1:00pm ET on "Contemporary Communication Skills." Register here.
This session will explore the power of the human connection in medicine. We will discuss how to develop communication skills in learners that move beyond collecting a history to connecting with a person and their lived experiences. We will discuss ways to consider contextual factors in patients' lives that can improve care and avoid "contextual errors." We will learn about research on "empathic listening" and its effects on clinicians and patients. We will hear about medical students incorporating patients' life stories in the medical chart through the My Life, My Story program.
The presenters will be:
- Mara Feingold-Link, MD (Brown University)
- Rachel Kishton, MD (University of Pennsylvania)
- Saul J. Weiner, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
We hope you will join us for this important conversation about how we can provide better care for patients through more effective communication, and how we can help our learners do so as well!
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John Ragsdale
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
AAMC Cross-Continuum Consultant for UME
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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