On April 28-29, Innovations in Global Health Professions Education will host its second annual conference in Venice, Italy. The conference will focus on research and innovations that advance the performance of health professionals and is part of our ongoing aim...
Expression of empathy is an essential part of successful physician-patient communication, a topic discussed in the previous blog post. Moreover, patients file fewer malpractice complaints, and are more satisfied and compliant with the therapy, if doctors express empathy3. But empathy...
Besides health professionals’ expertise in care, communication is important for patient wellbeing3. Proper communication illuminates with empathy what is important for a patient. This will make it more likely that patients change their attitudes and behavior—after all, to agree on...
In China, like in Western countries, a shift towards competency-based medical education3 (CBME) is underway. What is CBME about? Essentially, it evaluates less what’s in physicians’ heads and emphasizes more what they are able to do with their knowledge. CBME...
