Computing science will probably exert its major effects by augmenting and, in some cases, largely replacing the intellectual functions of the physician. WB Schwartz, 19701 In 1970, nephrologist and early researcher into artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, Dr WB Schwartz...
What barriers do healthcare students and new residents face in learning about and using electronic health records and how can we work to overcome these? Dr Blaine Takesue from the Indiana University of School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Clement McDonald Center for...
Dr. Charles Prober is the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Health Education and Founding Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Health Education. He is also a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology and an international expert in pediatric infectious...
Dr. Curtis Cole is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Weill Cornell Medicine, where he is responsible for the Samuel J. Wood Library, and the core IT infrastructure and services that support the research, clinical, education, and administrative functions of...
Prof. Curran is the Vice Dean of Education at Duke-NUS Medical School, which was established in Singapore as a collaboration between Duke University in the USA and National University in Singapore in 2005. He has a long record in developing...
Dr. Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation. Dr, Kraft was a keynote speaker at the IGHPE 2018 meeting in Kuala Lumpur,...
IGHPE was honored to have Dean Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya making several contributions to our 2018 meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this podcast, Dean Adeeba discusses her work on HIV/AIDS in Malaysia, and the...
IGHPE’s latest podcast features Dr. Janice Palaganas discussing the role of interprofessional simulation training programs in creating reflective medical practitioners. Dr. Palaganas’s interest in teamwork and simulation training began with her PhD at Loma Linda University examining healthcare simulation as...
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...
