Become a better doctor; take theater classes

Posted by Sean Keating on October 8th, 2007. Filed under: residents, communication skills, internal medicine, medical education, medical residents, residency_training, residents, theater_workshops, virginia_commonwealth_university.

Delaware Online reports on how six hours of theater workshops and lectures led by university theater professors can result in better communication between doctors’ and their patients. continues…

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Theater skills help doctors with bedside manner

Posted by Sean Keating on September 10th, 2007. Filed under: residents, bedside manner, empathy, residents, virginia_commonwealth_university.

Should acting be part of a medical curriculum?

Doctors taught empathy techniques by theater professors show improved bedside manner, according to a pilot study by a Virginia Commonwealth University research team. continues…

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Study: Residents’ hours not linked to patient deaths

Posted by Sean Keating on September 7th, 2007. Filed under: residents, accredited residency programs, ACGME, patient_outcomes, residents, work_intensity.

According to an article in the September 5 issue of JAMA, duty hour regulations that went into effect July 1, 2003, for all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency programs, shortening residents’ hours, had no effect on patient mortality. continues…

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