Objectives
1. To learn practical clinical communication strategies
2. To learn how to use communication strategies to develop professional relationships with patients
3. To practice using clinical communication strategies in realistic clinical scenarios
Program Outline
All times listed are Pacific Time (PT)
| Day 1 | ||
| 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM | Welcome and Introduction | Derek Brown, PhD |
| 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM | Experiences in Communicating with Patients | Todd Atwood, PhD |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Effective Communication Strategies for Physicist-Patient Interactions | Derek Brown, PhD |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Break | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Exercise 1: Design an Ideal Physicist-Patient Interaction | Derek Brown, PhD |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Common Patient Interactions and Questions | Todd Atwood, PhD and Valerie Powell |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Exercise 2: Addressing Patient Questions and Concerns | Todd Atwood, PhD |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Exercise 3: Analysis of Physicist-Patient Interactions | Todd Atwood, PhD |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Break | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Exercise 4: Physicist-Patient Role Playing | Derek Brown, PhD |
| 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | Preparation for Simulated Patients | Derek Brown, PhD |
| Day 2 | ||
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Introduction to Cultural Competency in Patient Interactions | Titania Juang, PhD |
| 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM | Preparation for Simulated Patients | Derek Brown, PhD |
| 8:20 AM – 12:00 PM | Exercise 5: Simulated Patient Interactions | Derek Brown, PhD, Todd Atwood, PhD, and Titania Juang, PhD |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Leveraging Patient Communication Skills to Increase the Clinical Impact of Medical Physicists | Todd Pawlicki, PhD |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Feedback from Simulated Patient Interactions | Derek Brown, PhD and Todd Atwood, PhD |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Closing Remarks | Derek Brown, PhD and Todd Atwood, PhD |