BACKGROUND: This Is My Story (TIMS) was started by Chaplain Elizabeth Tracey to promote a humanistic approach to medicine. Patients in the TIMS program are the subject of a guided conversation in which a chaplain interviews either the patient or thei...
BACKGROUND: The therapeutic relationship is a professional partnership between clinicians and patients that supports open communication and clinical decision-making. This relationship is critical to the delivery of effective mental health care. The i...
Shared decision-making (SDM) is a healthcare decision-making model that integrates patient preferences with medical expertise. It seeks to foster active involvement, enhance satisfaction, and strengthen the doctor-patient relationship. However, SDM a...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Medical documentation is a significant pillar of healthcare, enabling quality care, legal protection, billing and reimbursement, and collaboration between physicians. However, it is time-consuming and resource-intensive, posing a s...
Feedback and feedforward are highly relevant in promoting students' learning. With advances in artificial intelligence (AI), new opportunities to support feedback and feedforward are emerging. However, few studies have explored how medical students p...
BACKGROUND: Effective communication is essential in medical practice, especially in dealing with the increasing number of patients presenting with mental health conditions. Feedback plays a crucial role in improving communication skills but is often ...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Nov 26, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising tool to enhance medical practice and improve patient outcomes. However, introducing AI in interactions between patients, support persons (SPs) and physicians may create real or perceived informa...
BACKGROUND: Many patients struggle to understand referral letters and discharge summaries; low health literacy is prevalent, and short consultations limit explanations. Large language models (LLMs) can translate clinical jargon into layperson languag...
BACKGROUND: Traditional clinical vignettes, though widely used in medical education, often focus on prototypical presentations; require substantial time and effort to develop; and fail to represent patient diversity, the complexity of clinical condit...
BACKGROUND: Effective communication is fundamental to high-quality health care delivery, influencing patient satisfaction, adherence to treatment plans, and clinical outcomes. However, communication skills training for medical undergraduates often fa...
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