Communicating with Patients from Different Ethnic Backgrounds Part 3 of this series is meant to provide you with tools to effectively communicate with your patients from different cultural backgrounds. These should be viewed only as guidelines and we encourage you once again to evaluate and treat each patient as an individual when communicating with them. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Primary care resources’
July 14th, 2011
Addressing Cultural Disparities in Primary Care: Part 3
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Tags: CME cultural competence, CME topics, continuing medical education, Cultural competence in primary care, Healthcare cultiral competencies, medical education resources, primary care communication, Primary care resources
Tags: CME cultural competence, CME topics, continuing medical education, Cultural competence in primary care, Healthcare cultiral competencies, medical education resources, primary care communication, Primary care resourcesApril 12th, 2011
Social Medicine: The Pros and Cons
Posted in Other Tags: cme, cme conferences, CME continuing medical education, CME Credits, cme education. medical cme, CME Meetings, CME resources, Communication with Patients via social media, Physician Social Media, practice resources, Primary care resources, Social Medicine
Tags: cme, cme conferences, CME continuing medical education, CME Credits, cme education. medical cme, CME Meetings, CME resources, Communication with Patients via social media, Physician Social Media, practice resources, Primary care resources, Social MedicineOver 41% of the US population are estimated to have a Facebook account which means that many of your patients are communicating on Facebook. It’s probably no surprise that a recent study of over 22,000 Americans conducted by National Research Corp., a health care research company based in Lincoln, Neb., confirmed that almost 16% use [...]
March 30th, 2011
5 Tips for Improving Communication with Your Patients
Posted in Other Tags: CME Medical Education, Improving Communication with Patients, Primary Care Practice Management, Primary care resources
Tags: CME Medical Education, Improving Communication with Patients, Primary Care Practice Management, Primary care resourcesYou may be asking yourself why it is important to improve communication with your patients or you may be thinking that your patient communications skills are just fine. Case in point, a friend of mine took her baby to her Pediatrician and expressed concerns that her baby wasn’t eating any solids at 12 months. Her [...]
February 24th, 2011
Kudos to the Primary Care Physician
Posted in Other Tags: cme medical conferences, CME Meetings, CMS resources, medical education resources, physician work-life balance, Primary care resources
Tags: cme medical conferences, CME Meetings, CMS resources, medical education resources, physician work-life balance, Primary care resourcesIf your world is shrinking reimbursements, long hours, pressure to see a non-realistic numbers of patients, looming healthcare reform, and difficulty finding work-life balance, chances are that you are a primary care physician. I often wonder why if primary care physicians are charged with keeping healthcare costs down by being the champions of preventative medicine, [...]
