by Marcus Greatheart | May 31, 2021 | Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Medical Education, Uncategorized |
The laundry list A common gripe from doctors is the patient who arrives with a never-ending list of issues. “These patients have unrealistic expectations,” they complain. “We can’t possibly address them all in the short time we have.” We might think that...
by Marcus Greatheart | May 28, 2021 | Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Medical Education |
Ask ‘What else?’ As doctors, there are few things more frustrating than attending a department or other meeting without a clear agenda, so it makes sense that we and our patients have the same expectation of why we are meeting and why we’re gathering and what we’re...
by Nicolas Mertens | May 22, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Uncategorized |
A worsening doctor-patient communication problem Back in Medical school, we learned that doctors are quick to interrupt patients at the very start of the clinical encounter — my colleagues and I all committed to doing better. Interestingly, that study from the 1980s...
by Marcus Greatheart | May 7, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized |
Rest in Power, Mary Lou! Mary Lou smiled wide as she spoke to me. Sure, she would help teach a safe sex workshop to the Friday night LGBTQ+ youth group, but first I’d have to come by the clinic myself for a check up. That way I could talk from experience, she...
by Marcus Greatheart | May 1, 2021 | Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Communication Skills for Doctors, Equity Work, Transgender Health, Uncategorized |
how do I know if my patient is transgender? In my practice I work with many medical students and residents who we train in part to provide gender affirming care. I frequently speak with colleagues who know I have a transgender-inclusive family practice and field many...
by Marcus Greatheart | Feb 25, 2021 | Addiction Medicine, Barriers to Health Care, Blog, Equity Work, Medical Education |
People who use drugs (PWUD) deserve same access to primary care as everyone else One of my biggest frustrations as a doctor are the “care-silos” patients get stuck in. A colleague who’d taken a gig at a methadone clinic told me she was reprimanded for prescribing...
