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View article: Fostering Communicative Competence and Performance of Physician-Patient Relation (KPAP): Multimodal Assessment of Long-Term Effects of a Communication Training Programme – Study Protocol of a Monocentric Interventional Trial
Fostering Communicative Competence and Performance of Physician-Patient Relation (KPAP): Multimodal Assessment of Long-Term Effects of a Communication Training Programme – Study Protocol of a Monocentric Interventional Trial Open
Introduction: Communication training (CT) enhances the communication skills of oncology healthcare professionals. Kommunikative Kompetenz und Performanz in der Arzt-Patient Beziehung fördern (KPAP; fostering communicative competence and pe…
View article: Patient-centeredness in psychiatric work disability evaluations and the reproducibility of work capacity estimates
Patient-centeredness in psychiatric work disability evaluations and the reproducibility of work capacity estimates Open
Patient-centeredness in work disability evaluations should find its entry in continuing education of experts.
View article: Quality of life from the patient perspective at the end of the first rehabilitation after the onset of spinal cord injury/disorder – A qualitative interview-based study
Quality of life from the patient perspective at the end of the first rehabilitation after the onset of spinal cord injury/disorder – A qualitative interview-based study Open
Since the interviewees described different aspects from the areas of social, health and autonomy as important for their QoL, exploring and addressing these areas should be used to achieve an individualized first rehabilitation.
View article: Occurrence of sensitive topics during ward round: an ancillary analysis of the BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial
Occurrence of sensitive topics during ward round: an ancillary analysis of the BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial Open
Objective Discussing sensitive topics (eg, medical uncertainty, social issues, non-adherence) during ward rounds is challenging and may negatively impact patient satisfaction with the healthcare they are receiving. In the previous multicen…
View article: Health care professionals’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury/ disorder – a qualitative focus group study
Health care professionals’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury/ disorder – a qualitative focus group study Open
Introduction Goal setting (GS) is an important aspect of initial spinal cord injury/ disorder (SCI/D) rehabilitation. However, because expected outcomes are individual and often difficult to determine, GS is not straightforward. The aim of…
View article: Effect of an interprofessional small-group communication skills training incorporating critical incident approaches in an acute care and rehabilitation clinic specialized for spinal cord injury and disorder
Effect of an interprofessional small-group communication skills training incorporating critical incident approaches in an acute care and rehabilitation clinic specialized for spinal cord injury and disorder Open
Aim To investigate the impact of site-specific inter-professional small-group communication skills training (CST) that incorporates critical incident approaches to learning on patient satisfaction with communication. Setting Rehabilitation…
View article: Patients’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury: A pilot qualitative interview study
Patients’ experiences with goal setting during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired spinal cord injury: A pilot qualitative interview study Open
Organization and collaboration with and among the HCPs should be geared towards identifying specific patient needs during the course of rehabilitation and deriving individually tailored goals from them. Communication plays an important rol…
View article: Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Karl Köhle *1938 – †2022
Obituary Prof. Dr. med. Karl Köhle *1938 – †2022 Open
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View article: Perception of physicians and nursing staff members regarding outside versus bedside ward rounds: ancillary analysis of the randomised BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial
Perception of physicians and nursing staff members regarding outside versus bedside ward rounds: ancillary analysis of the randomised BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial Open
BACKGROUND: We recently compared the effects of bedside and outside the room ward rounds on patients’ knowledge about their medical care. Here, we report preferences of medical and nursing staff members regarding outside versus bedside war…
View article: Does information structuring improve recall of discharge information? A cluster randomized clinical trial
Does information structuring improve recall of discharge information? A cluster randomized clinical trial Open
Objectives The impact of the quality of discharge communication between physicians and their patients is critical on patients’ health outcomes. Nevertheless, low recall of information given to patients at discharge from emergency departmen…
View article: Doctor-patient communication during the Corona crisis – web-based interactions and structured feedback from standardized patients at the University of Basel and the LMU Munich
Doctor-patient communication during the Corona crisis – web-based interactions and structured feedback from standardized patients at the University of Basel and the LMU Munich Open
Background: Due to the pandemic-related restrictions in classroom teaching at the medical faculties of the LMU Munich and the University of Basel, teaching methods with standardized patients (SPs), were shifted to a digital, web-based form…
View article: Epitaph Prof. Dr. med. Christof Jürg Daetwyler: *8.8.1964 – †11.12.2020
Epitaph Prof. Dr. med. Christof Jürg Daetwyler: *8.8.1964 – †11.12.2020 Open
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View article: Book Review: The Value of Shame – Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts
Book Review: The Value of Shame – Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts Open
BOOK REVIEW article Front. Psychol., 28 January 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.629339
View article: Training in communication of oncology clinicians: a position paper based on the third consensus meeting among European experts in 2018
Training in communication of oncology clinicians: a position paper based on the third consensus meeting among European experts in 2018 Open
This third European consensus meeting defines key elements for the development of a next generation of communication training for oncology clinicians.
View article: Students’ satisfaction with general practitioners’ feedback to their reflective writing: a randomized controlled trial
Students’ satisfaction with general practitioners’ feedback to their reflective writing: a randomized controlled trial Open
Background: Reflective Writing (RW) is increasingly being implemented in medical education. Feedback to students’ reflective writing (RW) is essential, but resources for individualized feedback often lack. We aimed to determine whether gen…
View article: Health care provider communication training in rural Tanzania empowers <scp>HIV</scp>‐infected patients on antiretroviral therapy to discuss adherence problems
Health care provider communication training in rural Tanzania empowers <span>HIV</span>‐infected patients on antiretroviral therapy to discuss adherence problems Open
Objectives Self‐reported adherence assessment in HIV‐infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is challenging and may overestimate adherence. The aim of this study was to improve the ability of health care providers to elicit patie…
View article: A Simple Visual Analog Scale is a Valuable Tool to Assess Self-Reported Adherence in HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in a Resource-Limited Setting
A Simple Visual Analog Scale is a Valuable Tool to Assess Self-Reported Adherence in HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in a Resource-Limited Setting Open
Background: Adherence assessment in HIV-infected individuals under antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential. The assessment tool should be reliable and easy to apply in routine clinical practice. The goal of this study was to evaluate a p…
View article: "I feel we don't really understand each other": Interpreting medication instructions for a Turkish-speaking diabetes patient
"I feel we don't really understand each other": Interpreting medication instructions for a Turkish-speaking diabetes patient Open
This paper is based on a videotaped diabetes consultation involving a German-speaking physician, a Turkish-speaking diabetes patient and a TurkishGerman interpreter who has been working in medical settings for a number of years. In the cou…