This article in the Medical Education series provides a conceptual framework for and a brief
update on commonly used and emerging methods of assessment, discusses the strengths …

EDITORIALS consider patient-centeredness of patients (and their families), clinicians, and
health systems. 9, 10 Helping patients to be more active in consultations changes centuries of …

ContextCurrent assessment formats for physicians and trainees reliably test core knowledge
and basic skills. However, they may underemphasize some important domains of …

The biopsychosocial model is both a philosophy of clinical care and a practical clinical guide.
Philosophically, it is a way of understanding how suffering, disease, and illness are …

Patient-centered care requires different approaches depending on the clinical situation.
Motivational interviewing and shared decision making provide practical and well-described …

OBJECTIVE: Although prior research indicates that features of clinician–patient communication
can predict health outcomes weeks and months after the consultation, the mechanisms …

Context Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout,
attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment …

The goal of patient-centered communication (PCC) is to help practitioners provide care that
is concordant with the patient's values, needs and preferences, and that allows patients to …

Growing enthusiasm about patient-centered medical homes, fueled by the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act’s emphasis on improved primary care, has intensified interest in …

Background: The assessment of communication competence has become a major priority of
medical educational, policy, and licensing organizations in the United States and Canada. …