A new program at Pitt in the Institute for Bioethics aims to study and improve communication between patients and clinicians.

Empathy and communication skills lie at the heart of effective clinical practice, underpinning both patient satisfaction and successful therapeutic outcomes. In medical education, these competencies ...

Empirical research indicates that communication between oncologists and patients needs to be improved. Physicians tend to focus on technical aspects of treatment without describing possible outcomes ...

Improvisational theatre has emerged as a dynamic pedagogical tool within medical education, integrating unscripted, spontaneous performance techniques into curriculum design to enhance communication ...

A New Quality Standard: The Integration of Psychosocial Care Into Routine Cancer Care Extensive literature review including meta-analyses of trials, conceptual models, techniques, and potential ...

Wendy Levinson ( [email protected]) is the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, in Ontario. Cara S. Lesser is the director of ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Tripler Army Medical Center's Medical Explorer Post 1948 had their first off-site at a litter, or stretcher, obstacle course, here, April 7. The post, which was ...

In an effort to explore ways to improve clinical observation skills among medical students, researchers found significant improvement in observational recognition skills among students who took an art ...