کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3815381 | 1246074 | 2006 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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ObjectiveTo teach visit-structuring strategies to primary care clinicians with a 1.5-h experiential workshop and assess its effect on patient perceptions of their medical visits.MethodsWe developed and conducted a 90 min workshop for 75 clinicians from seven primary care clinics, and evaluated the effectiveness of the workshop by assessing changes in patients’ ratings of visit qualities from 1 week prior (n = 301) to 1 week after (n = 322) the workshop. Patients rated their physicians’ visit-structuring skills as well as satisfaction with their medical visits.ResultsPatients were highly satisfied with their visits both before and after the workshop. Post-workshop ratings of medical visits were more likely to indicate that all problems were addressed during the visit.ConclusionsA brief workshop had a positive measurable effect on patients’ perception of their medical visits. Future research should address the utility of patient rated assessments of visit characteristics.Practice implicationsPhysicians’ ability to establish and maintain a productive structure in primary care office visit is an important skill that can improve the quality of care, and some changes in physician visit-structuring behavior can be measured using patient perceptions.
Journal: Patient Education and Counseling - Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2006, Pages 374–378