Patients don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Today’s patients want to play an active role in their medical treatment. How can you help to encourage their participation and improve your doctor-patient relationship ? The answer is simple – learn to communicate with them !
Even if you are very busy, it’s possible to be an effective communicator -- you simply need to communicate "smarter" by making better use of the time you've got. Communication with your patient is an art – what is often referred to as bedside manner For most doctors, good communication is a skill like playing a musical instrument, which needs to be learned, and then practiced repeatedly to be perfected. The best communicators have an open mind, a receptive ear and an empathetic heart. Their good bedside manner is perfected through practice, experience and feedback from patients and other…
