Barbara Maatouk-Bürmann1, Nadja Ringel2, Jochen Spang2, Carmen Weiss2, Andreas Möltner2, Urs Riemann3, Wolf Langewitz4, Jobst-Hendrik Schultz2, Jana Jünger2. 1. Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: barbaramaatouk@gmx.de. 2. Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. 3. Department of Internal Medicine I, SLK Clinic Heilbronn, Germany. 4. Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Patient-centered communication is a key element for improving the quality of care in terms of therapeutic relationship, patient participation, and treatment process. Postgraduate trainings provide an essential way of promoting patient centeredness on the job where learning opportunities are often limited by time, patient volume, and economic pressure. In the present study, changes in patient centeredness during clinical routines of postgraduate physicians (internal medicine) after a three-day communication training were assessed. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in a primary care clinic. The intervention consisted of a communication training that aimed to enhance patient centeredness in postgraduate physicians. The training was based on a need assessment and the principles of deliberate practice. Workplace-based assessment of physicians' communication behavior was obtained using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. RESULTS: Three months after the intervention, trained physicians showed significantly increased patient centeredness (F=5.36, p=.04; d=0.42). CONCLUSION: The communication training significantly improved patient centeredness during routine clinical practice. Thus, this training provides a structured and theory-based concept to foster patient centeredness. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results support the implementation of communication trainings as a part of faculty development and medical specialization training.
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OBJECTIVE:Patient-centered communication is a key element for improving the quality of care in terms of therapeutic relationship, patient participation, and treatment process. Postgraduate trainings provide an essential way of promoting patient centeredness on the job where learning opportunities are often limited by time, patient volume, and economic pressure. In the present study, changes in patient centeredness during clinical routines of postgraduate physicians (internal medicine) after a three-day communication training were assessed. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in a primary care clinic. The intervention consisted of a communication training that aimed to enhance patient centeredness in postgraduate physicians. The training was based on a need assessment and the principles of deliberate practice. Workplace-based assessment of physicians' communication behavior was obtained using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. RESULTS: Three months after the intervention, trained physicians showed significantly increased patient centeredness (F=5.36, p=.04; d=0.42). CONCLUSION: The communication training significantly improved patient centeredness during routine clinical practice. Thus, this training provides a structured and theory-based concept to foster patient centeredness. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results support the implementation of communication trainings as a part of faculty development and medical specialization training.
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