Patient education and counseling
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Historical Article
International collaboration in shared decision-making: the International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) conference history and prospects.
Analyze the role of collaboration in the International Shared Decision Making organization (ISDM). ⋯ Innovative professional organizations need to develop their work through deliberate development of networking techniques to move innovation into practice.
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Effective communication is an essential aspect of high-quality patient care and a core competency for physicians. To date, assessment of communication skills in team-based settings has not been well established. We sought to tailor a psychometrically validated instrument, the Communication Assessment Tool, for use in Team settings (CAT-T), and test the feasibility of collecting patient perspectives of communication with medical teams in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ In the ED, focusing on the medical team rather then individual caregivers may more accurately reflect patients' experience.
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The aim of this pilot prospective study was to investigate the relationships between general practitioners (GPs) empathy, patient enablement, and patient-assessed outcomes in primary care consultations in an area of high socio-economic deprivation in Scotland. ⋯ Ways of increasing GP empathy and patient enablement need to be established in order to maximise patient outcomes. Consultation length and relational continuity of care are known factors: the benefit of training and support for GPs needs to be further investigated.
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To evaluate the feasibility of a web-based coaching programme for vascular risk factor treatment, to describe the patterns of use and to measure changes in risk factors. ⋯ An Internet-based individualised risk management programme could make patients aware of their self-management capability and may contribute to risk factor reduction.