Improving the effectiveness of the medical visit: A brief visit-structuring workshop changes patients’ perceptions of primary care visits

Perspectives from the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare: Chicago 2005

“…Here, women reported that doctors' attempts to share decisions could easily be ill-timed and misunderstood. The papers by Yudkowsky et al [12] and by Haas et al [13] provide some insight into the potential for teaching and assessment to help foster more effective communication. The Yudkowsky study demonstrated that residents' comfort and confidence in visits with standardized patients was not related to competence, a troubling disconnect.…”