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"This study is unique in its characterization of new media ownership and use among ED patients experiencing homelessness. New media is a powerful tool to connect patients experiencing homelessness to health care."

"Recognizing those limitations, the success of the program, and the fundamental role of patient participation in evolving care models, Mayo is rebuilding the software platform so it can be used to create and deliver care plans in multiple types of surgical practices. "

"We are seeing more patients with fewer doctors in the United States; our time spent at the hospital is limited by duty hours; there are increasing demands on documentation for medico legal purposes. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much of the horizon to fix these issues. So what are we to do? Here are some things that may be helpful and things that work for me:"

"Being aware of which communication style should be adopted when facing more difficult patients is important for physicians; it can help prevent patient reactions of dissatisfaction, mistrust, or non-adherence that can be detrimental to the process of care."

"A patient-centered communication curriculum can improve student knowledge and skills. While some intervention students perceived that they made too many calls, our data suggest that more calls, an increased sense of patient ownership, and role modeling by clerkship faculty may ensure incorporation and application of skills."

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"The results can be used to reframe understanding of the SP role and of the psychometric discourse of assessment. Ratings awarded by SPs are socially constructed and reveal the complexity of the OSCE process and the unfeasibility of absolute objectivity or standardisation. Standardised patients valued individuality, subjective experience and assessment for learning. The potential of SPs is under-used their greater involvement should be used to promote real partnership as educators move into a post-psychometric era. New-generation assessments should strive to value subjective experience as well as psychometric data in order to utilise the significant potential for learning within assessment."

Case study on using Patient Opinion in health professions education.

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started with mainly neurological conditions but allows patients to share experiences of illness and treatments

"Patient communication skills need to be taught as part of residency training. With limited training, case-specific skills (herein, involving patients with cancer) are likely to improve more than general communication skills."

Healthtalkonline is the award-winning website of the DIPEx charity and replaces the website formerly at dipex.org. Healthtalkonline lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. You can watch or listen to videos of the interviews, read about people's experiences and find reliable information about conditions, treatment choices and support. The information on Healthtalkonline is based on qualitative research into patient experiences, led by experts at the University of Oxford. These personal stories of health and illness will enable patients, families and healthcare professionals to benefit from the experiences of others

"In preparing a module on health literacy for a physician audience, I had the opportunity to review some papers on principles of patient-centered care."

Results: It is anticipated that the 12 tips will provide medical educators interested in authoring virtual patient cases one set of useful guidelines to facilitate the process. Conclusions: Virtual patient cases provide medical educators with an innovative tool for medical education. These guidelines will assist authors in case development.

"Map of Medicine Healthguides shows you the ideal, evidence-based patient journey for common and important conditions. It is a high-level overview that can be shared by patients and healthcare providers. "

"SimMon is a medical simulator app that takes the form of a simple patient monitor. There are a number of physiological parameters that can be measured including ECG, arterial waveform, oxygen saturation, BP and more. One of the strengths of this app is that it can be remotely controlled by another iPhone or iPad."

"Talking to colleagues is an essential skill especially as we advocate for our patients. We should not only know what's going on with our patients, but also how to communicate our thoughts effectively and succinctly with our colleagues."

"Physicians often redirect patients' initial descriptions of their concerns. Once redirected, the descriptions are rarely completed. Consequences of incomplete initial descriptions include late-arising concerns and missed opportunities to gather potentially important patient data. Soliciting the patient's agenda takes little time and can improve interview efficiency and yield increased data."

"The 22-page report outlines a multi-pronged approach that can begin to fix the communication gap. The plan falls into four broad categories which include establishing cultural profiles, educating healthcare providers with the culturally-relevant information, reaching patients through as many touchpoints as possible (e-mail, text) and establishing regular follow-up."