Enhancing Communication with Patients and Families in the Hospital Setting
Enhancing Communication with Patients and Families in the Hospital Setting is organized by Baptist Health South Florida.
Course opens: 03/01/2022
Course expires: 02/28/2025
Overview:
Communication is the most common “procedure” in medicine. The ability to communicate openly and with compassion is essential, please join us to hear pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Brandon Korman provide practical guidance to enable clinicians to communicate effectively.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe why provider-patient communication is so important and when it is “good enough.”
• Identify how cultural background, family dynamics and other psychosocial factors can affect the communication process, and how meeting • families where they are facilitates positive interactions.
• Consider the importance of developmental factors and use them to improve messaging and compliance.
• Discuss the power of empathy as a universal communication tool, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of various communication strategies.