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Teaching the Medical Interview

Lipkin M, Putnam SM, Lazare A, eds. The Medical Interview: Clinical Care, Education and Research. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag; 1995.

Cole SA, Bird J. The Medical Interview: The Three-Function Approach. 2nd edition. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2000.

Smith RC. Patient-Centered Interviewing. Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.

Coulehan JL, Block MR. The Medical Interview. 4th edition. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2001.

Kurtz S, Silverman J, Draper J. Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine. 2nd edition. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2005.

Stewart M, Brown JB, et al. Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method. 2nd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.

Platt FW. Conversational Repair. Boston, MA. Little, Brown and Co. 1995.

Haidet P, Paterniti D. "Building" a history rather than "taking" one. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:1134-1140.

Roter D, Hall J.Doctors Talking with Patients/Patients Talking with Doctors: Improving Communication in Medical Visits. 2nd edition. 2006.

Empathy and PEARLS

Suchman A, Markakis K, Beckman H, Frankel R. A model of empathic communication in the medical interview. JAMA 1997;277:678-80.

Coulehan JL, Platt FW, Egener B, Frankel R, et al."Let me see if I have this right…": words that help build empathy. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:221-227.

Spiro H, McCrea C, Peschel E, St. James D. Empathy and the practice of medicine.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press; 1996.

Charon R. Narrative medicine: a model for empathy, reflection, profession, and trust. JAMA 2001;286:1897-1902.

Haidet P. Jazz and the art of medicine: improvisation in the medical encounter.Annals of Family Medicine.Winter or spring, 2006.

Breaking Bad News / Communication Skills in End-of-Life Care

Quill TE, Arnold RM, Platt F."I wish things were different": Expressing wishes in response to loss, futility, and unrealistic hopes. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:551-555.

Back AL, Arnold RM, Quill TE.Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:439-444.

Buckman, Robert. How to Break Bad News. Johns Hopkins Press. 1992.

Baile WF, Buckman R, Lenzi R, Glober G, Beale EA, Kudelka AP.SPIKES – A six-step protocol for delivering bad news: application to the patient with cancer. The Oncologist 2000;5:302-311.

Stone, John.“Talking to the Family,” in The Smell of Matches.Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1972.

Motivation / Behavior Change

Miller WR, Rollnick S. Motivational Interviewing. 2nd edition. New York: Guilford Press: 2002.

Deci EL, Ryan RM. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. Springer, 1985.

Levinson W, Cohen MS, Brady D, Duffy FD.To change or not to change: "sounds like you have a dilemma."Ann Intern Med 2001;135:386-391.

Rollnick S, Mason P, Butler C.Health Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners.New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.

Deci EL, Flaste R. Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation. Penguin, 1996.

Dunn C, Rollnick S.Rapid Reference to Lifestyle & Behavior Change: Rapid Reference Series. Mosby 2003.

Dunn C, Deroo L, Rivara FP. The use of brief interventions adapted from motivational interviewing across behavioral domains: a systematic review. Addictions 2001;96; 1725-42.

Burke BL, Arkowitz H, Menchola M. The efficacy of motivational interviewing: a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.J Consult Clin Psychol 2003;71:843-61.

Britt E, Hudson S, Blampied N. Motivational interviewing in health settings: a review.Patient Educ Couns 2004;53: 147-55.

Difficult Encounters

Platt FW, Gordon GH. Field Guide to the Difficult Patient Interview. 2nd ed.New York: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004.

QuillTE. Recognizing and adjusting to barriers in doctor-patient communication. Ann Intern Med 1989;111:51-7.

Role Play

Bird J, et al. Role play article, in Lipkin M, Putnam SM, Lazare A ,eds. The Medical Interview: Clinical Care, Education and Research.

Chou CL, Pearlman RE. Foolproof guide to running role plays.Handout, AACH workshop.

Use of Video in Teaching Communication Skills

Beckman HB, Frankel RM. The use of videotape in internal medicine training. J Gen Intern Med. 1994;9:517-21.

Chou CL, Lee K. Improving residents' interviewing skills by group videotape review. Acad Med. 2002;77:744.

Feedback

Descriptions on "agenda-led, outcome-based analysis" in Kurtz, Silverman, Draper, eds, Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine.

Ende J. Feedback in clinical medical education. JAMA 1983;250:777-781.

Milan FB, Parish SJ, Reichgott MJ.A model for educational feedback based on clinical communication skills strategies: beyond the “feedback sandwich.”Teach Learn Med 2006;18:42-47.

Thompson, Jim. Positive Coaching.Warde Publishers. 1995.

Assessment of Interviewing Skills

Duffy FD, Gordon GH et al. Assessing competence in communication and interpersonal skills: the Kalamazoo II report. Acad Med. 2004;79:495-507.

Epstein RM, Hundert EM. Defining and assessing professional competence.JAMA 2002;287:226-38.

Competencies

Epstein RM, Hundert EM. Defining and assessing professional competence.JAMA 2002;287:226-38.

http://www.abim.org/ – website with in-depth information about competencies and strategies to meet them

Evidence For Link Between Communication and Practitioner / Patient Outcomes

Beckman H, Frankel R. The effect of physician behavior on the collection of data.Ann Intern Med 1984; 101:692-6.

Dimatteo MR et al.Physician characteristics influence patient’s adherence to medical treatment:results from the Medical Outcomes Study. Health Psychology 1993; 12:93-102.

Griffen SJ et al. Effect on health-related outcomes of interventions to alter the interaction between patients and practitioners:a systematic review of trials. Ann Fam Med 2004; 2(6)595-608.

Griffith CH et al.Housestaff non-verbal communication skills and standardized patient satisfaction.J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:170-174.

Hickson G. et al. Obstetricians’ prior malpractice experience and patients’ satisfaction with care. JAMA1994;272:1583-87.

Levinson W, Roter DL, Mullooly JP, Dull VT, Frankel RM.Physician-patient communication: the relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons.JAMA 1997;277:553-9.

Ong, LM et al. Doctor-patient communication: a review of the literature.Soc Sci Med 1995; 40:903-918.

Roter D et al. Communication patterns of primary care physicians. JAMA 1997;277:350-356.

Stewart M. Effective physician-patient communication and health outcomes: a review.Can Med Assoc J 1995; 155:1423-33.

Stewart M, et.al. Patient-Centered Care:Transforming the Clinical Method. 2nd edition. Sage Publications, 2003.

Suchman AL, Roter D, Green M, Lipkin M Jr. Physician satisfaction with primary care visits. Medical Care 1993;31:1083-92.

Relationships in Care and Teaching

Rogers CR. On Becoming a Person. Boston, MA. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1961 (Chapter 3. "Characteristics of a Helping Relationship").

Balint M. The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness. Revised edition. New York, NY. International Universities Press. 1976.

Teaching / Adult Learning

Palmer PJ. The Courage to Teach. San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass. 1998.

Schon DA. The Reflective Practitioner. New Yor, NY: basic Books; 1983.

Brookfield SD. Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning. San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass. 1986.

Westberg J, Jason H. Fostering Learning in Small Group: a practical guide. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, Inc;1996.

Knowles M. The Adult Learner. 4th edition. Houston, TX. Gulf Publishing. 1990.

Kolb DA. Experiential Learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice-Hill, Inc. 1984.

Branch W. Notes of a small-group teacher. JGIM 1991;6:573-578.

Rogers CR, Freiberg HJ. Freedom to Learn. 3rd edition. New York, NY. Maxwell Macmillan. 1983

Medical Encounter 1992;8:2-12.

Teaching Humanistic Medical Care

Weissmann PF, Branch WT Jr, Gracey CF, Haidet P, Frankel RM.Role modeling humanistic behavior: learning bedside manner from the experts.Acad Med 2006: 81;661-667.

Gracey CF, Haidet P, Branch WT Jr, Weissmann PF, Kern DE, Mitchell G, Frankel RM, Inui T. Precepting humanism: strategies for fostering the human dimensions of care in ambulatory settings.Acad Med 2005;80:21-28.

Branch WT, Kern DE, Haidet P, Weissmann P, Gracey CF, Mitchell G, Inui T.Teaching the human dimensions of care in clinical settings. JAMA 2001;286:1067-1074.

Cassell EJ.The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine.Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Self-awareness for Teachers, Learners, and Practitioners

Novack DH, Suchman AL, et al. Calibrating the physician: personal awareness and effective patient care. JAMA 1997;278:502-9.

Smith RC, Dwamena FC, Fortin AH. Teaching personal awareness. JGIM 2005;20:201-207.

Epstein RM.Mindful Practice.JAMA 1999;282:833-839.

Shared Decision Making

Rimer B, et al. Informed decision making: what is its role in cancer screening?Cancer 2004;101:1214-28.

Barry MJ. Health decision aids to facilitate shared decision making in office practice. Ann Intern Med 2002;136:127-35.

Braddock CH, Edwards KA, Hasenberg NM, Laidley TL, Levinson W. Informed decision making in outpatient practice: time to get back to basics. JAMA. 1999;282:2313-20.

Frosch DL, Kaplan RM. Shared decision making in clinical medicine: past research and future directions. Am J Prev Med 1999;17:285-94.

Kaplan SH, Gandek B, Greenfield S, Rogers W, Ware JE. Patient and visit characteristics related to physicians' participatory decision-making style: results from the Medical Outcomes Study. Med Care. 1995;33:1176-87.

Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Gandek B, Rogers WH, Ware JE, Jr. Characteristics of physicians with participatory decision-making styles. Ann Intern Med. 1996;124:497-504.

O'Connor AM, Stacey D, Entwistle V et al. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;CD001431.

O'Connor AM, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Flood AB. Modifying unwarranted variations in health care: shared decision making using patient decision aids. Health Aff (Millwood ). 2004;Suppl Web Exclusive:VAR63-VAR72.

Sepucha KR, Mulley AG. Extending decision support: preparation and implementation. Patient Education and Counseling. 2003;50:269-271.

Stevenson FA. General practitioners' views on shared decision making: a qualitative analysis. Patient Education and Counseling. 2003;50:291-29.

Towle A, Godolphin W. Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision making. BMJ 1999;319:766-71.

Spirituality

Farnsworth, Annie.“The Angel’s Retirement Speech.” In Bodies of Water, Bodies of Light. Kennebunk, ME: Sheltering Pines Press, 2001.

Cohen C, et al.Walking a fine line:physician inquiries into patient spiritual and religious beliefs.Hastings Center Report 2001;31:29-39.

Miller, WR, ed. Integrating spirituality into treatment: resources for practitioners. Am Psych Assoc, 1999.

Post SG, et al. Physicians and Patient Spirituality: Professional Boundaries, Competency, and Ethics. Ann Intern Med 2000;132: 578-82.

Stuart Sprague’s Handout on Spiritual Histories.

Group Process

Yalom ID. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. 5th edition. Basic Books; 2005(Chapter 1. The Therapeutic Factors; Chapter 2. Interpersonal Learning; Chapter 4. The Therapeutic Factors: An Integration).

Matrix: Amina Knowlan (handout).

Charlie O’Leary – Reflections On Group Facilitation.

Schwarz RM.The skilled facilitator. Practical wisdom for developing effective groups. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1994.

Hammond SA. The thin book of appreciative inquiry. 2nd edition. Plano, TX: Thin Book Publishing Company; 1996.

Gillette J, McCollom M, eds. Groups in Context. A new perspective on group dynamics. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc; 1990.

Co-facilitation

Schwarz R. “Working with another co-facilitator,” pp. 210-229, in The Skilled Facilitator: Practical Wisdom for Developing Effective Groups.

Jossey-Bass, 1994.O'Leary C. A group leader's dialectic (handout from Feb. 1994)Knowlan A, Patterson D.

Co-facilitation assessment (handout 1993)

AAPP Guidelines and Suggestions for Co-Facilitators. 1992

Family of Origin

Boszormenyi-Nagy I, Spark GM. Invisible Loyalties.Hagerstown, MD: Harper & Row, 1973.

Breunlin DC,Schwartz RC & MacKune-Karrer B. Metaframeworks:Transcending the Models of Family Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Colon, F. In search of one’s past: an identity trip. Family Process 1973;12:429- 438.

McDaniel S, Campbell TL, Seaburn DB.Managing personal and professional boundaries: how to make the physician’s own issues a resource in patient care. In Family Oriented Primary Care: A Manual for Medical Providers. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990.

McGoldrick M, Gerson R, Shellenberger S. Genograms in Family Assessment.2nd ed. New York: WW Norton & Co, 1999.

McGoldrick M. You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting With Your Family. New York:WW Norton & Co, 1995.

Narrative

Branch WT Jr. Use of critical incident reports in medical education: a perspective.J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:1063-7.

Charon R, et al. Literature and medicine: contributions to clinical practice. Ann Intern Med 1995;122:599-606.

Charon R. Narrative medicine: a model for empathy, reflection, profession and trust.JAMA 2001;286:1897-1902.

Pennebaker, J.Telling stories: the health benefits of narrative.Literature and Medicine 2000 (1); 3-18.

Verghese, A.The physician as storyteller. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:1012-1017.

Rogerian

Anderson, H. Conversation, language and possibility: a postmodern approach to therapy. New York: Basic Books, 1997.

Goolishian H, Anderson H. Strategy and intervention versus non intervention: a matter of theory. Journal of marital and family therapy 1992; 18:5-15.

Kirschenbaum H, Henderson VL. Carl Rogers: dialogues. London: Constable, 1990.

Kirschenbaum H, Henderson VL. The Carl Rogers reader.London: Constable, 1990.

O'Leary C. Counseling couples and families: a person-centered approach. London: Sage, 1990.

Rogers CR.Can I be a facilitative person in a group?Original work published 1970, pp. 339-357, in Kirschenbaum H, Henderson VL, eds. The Carl Rogers reader. London: Constable, 1990.

Rogers CR. Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

Rogers CR. Client-centered therapy.Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951.

Rogers CR. The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change.Original work published 1957; pp. 219-236, in Kirschenbaum H, Henderson VL, eds. The Carl Rogers reader.London: Constable, 1990.

Rogers CR. On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961.

Rogers CR. A way of being. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

Diversity and Cultural Competency

Carrillo JE, Green AR, Betancourt JR. Cross-cultural primary care: a patient-based approach. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1999;130:829-34.

Chou CL, Risdon C, Pearlman RE.Understanding difference and diversity in the medical encounter: communication across cultures.Clark W, Saizow R, Novack D, eds.American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, doc.com: A comprehensive interactive learning resource for health care communication: http://irtweb.irt.drexel.edu/doc.com.

Fadiman A.The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.

Galanti G. Caring for Patients from Different Cultures. Philadelphia: U. Penn. Press, 1997.

Qureshi B. Transcultural Medicine. Kluwer, 1994.

Green AR, Betancourt JR, Carrillo JE.Integrating social factors into cross-cultural medical education.Academic Medicine 2002;77:193-197.

Johnson T et al. "Cultural Effects in the Medical Interview", in Lipkin et al, The Medical Interview: Clinical Care, Education and Research.

Kleinman A et al. Culture, illness and care: clinical lessons from anthropologic and cross-cultural research. Ann Intern Med. 1978;88:251-258.