Patient-centered interviewing leads to effective communication and a healthy provider-patient relationship. This groundbreaking book provides, for the first time, a step-by-step method for patient-centered interviewing. T:. The technique advocated in Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method has been extensively used, and its 5-step method is easily learned and well received. Upon completion of training, most students and clinicians can conduct the initial patient-centered process in approximately 5 minutes.
Research data supporting the 5-step method has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Academic Medicine, and The Journal of General Internal Medicine. Patient-Centered Interviewing presents the only interviewing method that has been directly tested by research. The striking results demonstrated by a randomized controlled trial indicate that the 5-step method can truly be called "evidence-based."
Patient-Centered Interviewing integrates patient-centered interviewing with traditional doctor-centered interviewing, which the student or clinician also uses to learn about the equally important disease aspects of patients. In addition, the book addresses clinical communication issues, including patient education ()n (e.g., helping patients to stop cigarette smoking). It also describes how to write up patients' evaluations for their medical record and how to present them orally to preceptors. The book is designed for use during clinical years, as well as for preclinical interviewing courses.
Basic interviewing skills • Symptom-defining skills • The doctor-patient relationship • Facilitating skills • The doctor-centered process • Presenting the patient's story • The patient-centered process • Practical issues • Patient education