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Association of American Medical Colleges ACP Foundation - The ACP Foundation is dedicated to supporting the mission of the ACP and improving the health of the public through the creation and support of programs in education, research, service, and professionalism. http://foundation.acponline.org American Balint Society - According to the American Balint Society, Balint groups are a supportive, collaborative means by which clinicians use intellect, emotion and self-reflection about the doctor`s work and the therapeutic potential of the doctor-patient relationship. Balint Groups are provided throughout a variety of medical disciplines in residency and other educational settings. The goal of the Balint Group experience is for participants to transform uncertainty, confusion, and difficulty in the doctor-patient relationship into understanding and meaning that nurtures a more therapeutic alliance between clinician and patient. American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine American Psychosomatic Society - Dedicated to the Integration of Biological, Psychological and Social Factors in Medicine. Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Eduction - Medical school faculty representing sociology, psychology, anthropology, pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, preventive medicine, and psychiatry formed ABSAME as an interdisciplinary professional society dedicated to strengthening behavioral science teaching in medical schools, residency programs, and in continuing medical education. Bayer Institute For Health Care Communication Center for Communication and Medicine (CCM) - CCM at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine works to improve communication in and about medicine through innovative teaching and assessment, theory-driven research, and national/international exchange of information, tools, and experience. The Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition - a diverse group of physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, family therapists and other health care workers who study, implement, and advocate for collaborative family health care. The Commonweal (Rachel Remen, MD) site has material on physician well-being as well as good patient education and self-help ideas. The End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC) - is a centralized, comprehensive resource for end of life physician educators. The site`s key feature is now operational, allowing registrants to search for abstracts of peer reviewed educational materials--as well as funding and training opportunities, significant articles, and suggested books. Healthcare Communication Project, Inc. IUPUI/MECA - Indiana University School of Medicine; Medical Education and Curricular Affairs. Includes information from IU on their competency-based medical school curriculum. Institute for Healthcare Advancement Institute of Medical Humanism is a Bennington, Vermont based non-profit committed to a community model that emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of patients, families and medical practitioners in facilitating communication about healthcare decisions and improving quality of care. The Institute's education division Center for Communication In Medicine® produces programs and tools to further understanding of the patient's perspective and the challenge for clinicians in caring for the person who is ill. Kenneth B. Schwartz Center - The mission of the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center is to support and advance compassionate health care. The Schwartz Center provides grants and funding, and carries out its own initiatives to further its mission. Medical Interview Teaching Association (MITA) - aims to promote and expand the teaching of effective clinical communication skills, both in undergraduate and continuing medical education. Society of General Internal Medicine Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Swiss Academy for Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine - A joint effort of internists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, gynaecologists, and GP's TerminalIllness - is a website focused on coping with a terminal illness as a sufferer, relative or friend. TerminalIllness contains over 90 articles written by our experts who continually update and add new content.
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