Contemporary Communication Skills (Building Better Curriculum) - September 13, 2023

Recorded On: 09/13/2023

This session will explore the power of the human connection in medicine. We will discuss how to develop communication skills in learners that move beyond collecting a history to connecting with a person and their lived experiences. We will discuss ways to consider contextual factors in patients’ lives that can improve care and avoid “contextual errors.” We will learn about research on “empathic listening” and its effects on clinicians and patients. We will hear about medical students incorporating patients’ life stories in the medical chart through the My Life, My Story program.

The AAMC is committed to providing inclusive sessions for all learners/participants. All sessions will be close-captioned. Please contact Kaitlyn at curriculum@aamc.org to request additional accommodations.

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Mara Feingold-Link, MD

Dr. Mara Feingold-Link went to medical school at Brown University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital where she was first introduced to the My Life, My Story project at the Boston VA. She came back to Brown for her hospice and palliative medicine fellowship, and she now works as a palliative care physician at the Lifespan Cancer Institute at Brown and as the associate program director for Brown's HPM fellowship.

Rachel Kishton, MD, MSHP

Dr. Rachel Kishton is a dual-boarded Family Medicine and Psychiatry physician. She completed residency at the University of Cincinnati and then a Masters in Health Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently at Penn she works to improve the integration of mental health care into the larger medical system.

Saul J. Weiner, MD

Dr. Saul Weiner is a medicine-pediatrics physician and health services researcher in the UIC College of Medicine, where he also served as senior associate dean for educational affairs. He is a graduate of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar.

John Ragsdale, MD, MS

Dr. John Ragsdale is the UME Cross-Continuum Consultant for the AAMC, assisting with strategic initiatives across the continuum of medical education. At the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, he is the Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of Clinical Education Faculty Development. He practices as an internal medicine hospitalist.

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