PHAS 528 - Communication in the Medical Encounter

Credit(s): 2
2 semester hours
This course is the continuation of PHAS 506, Patient Interviewing. It focuses on the clinician-patient encounter. This course will focus on developing and refining communication and interviewing skills. The importance of establishing rapport with patients and creating an atmosphere that promotes empathy and supports good listening skills will be emphasized. Topics will include learning how to promote healthy behavior and apply motivational interviewing; discuss difficult news with patients and engage in conversations regarding care at the end of life. Sensitive topics such as domestic violence, eating disorders, and sexuality will be discussed as well as interviewing across the life span. Throughout the course students will be asked to reflect on those aspects of the clinician-patient encounter that are most personally challenging. Offered spring semester only.