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Humor During Clinical Practice: Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters

Kari A. Phillips, Naykky Singh Ospina, Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Ana Castaneda-Guarderas, Michael R. Gionfriddo, Megan Branda and Victor Montori
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2018, 31 (2) 270-278; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170313
Kari A. Phillips
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Naykky Singh Ospina
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Ana Castaneda-Guarderas
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Michael R. Gionfriddo
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Megan Branda
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Victor Montori
From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
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Article Information

vol. 31 no. 2 270-278
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170313
PubMed 
29535244

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication July 21, 2017
  • Revision received November 17, 2017
  • Accepted for publication November 28, 2017
  • Published online March 13, 2018.

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© Copyright 2018 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Author Information

  1. Kari A. Phillips, BA,
  2. Naykky Singh Ospina, MD, MS,
  3. Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, MD, MS,
  4. Ana Castaneda-Guarderas, MD,
  5. Michael R. Gionfriddo, PharmD, PhD,
  6. Megan Branda, MS and
  7. Victor Montori, MD, MSc
  1. From the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN (KAP); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (NSO); Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (NSO, RRG, VM); Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez,” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); National Laboratory for the Study and Application of Evidence Based Medicine, Critial Analysis of Scientific Information and Pharmacoeconomics, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Monterrey, Mexico (RRG); Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura (ACG); Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes, Geisinger Health System, Forty Fort, PA (MRG); Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB); Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (MB).
  1. Corresponding author: Victor Montori, MD, MSc, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (E-mail: montori.victor{at}mayo.edu).
  1. KAP and NSO contributed equally to this work.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 270-278; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170313

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Kari A. Phillips, Naykky Singh Ospina, Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Ana Castaneda-Guarderas, Michael R. Gionfriddo, Megan Branda, Victor Montori
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 270-278; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170313
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