The Patient Experience Debrief Interview

‘The Diamond’: a structure for simulation debrief

BACKGROUND Despite debriefing being found to be the most important element in providing effective learning in simulation-based medical education reviews, there are only a few examples in the literature to help guide a debriefer. The diamond debriefing method is based on the technique of description, analysis and application, along with aspects of the advocacy-inquiry approach and of debriefing ...

Patient Perspective: An Interview

Case report In late 2007, “PS,” an 83-year-old woman living in Winthrop, Washington, discovered a small lump in her right breast. Traveling at the time, she did not immediately see a doctor but watched the lump grow over the course of 6 months until it metastasized. In the following interview, PS tells the story of how her treatment regime—integrating individualized conventional chemotherapy ad...

Interns’ Communication with Patients during Interview: the Perspectives of Patient and Observer

Introduction: Good communication between doctor and patient is one of the fundamental skills which can lead to getting adequate information from the patient, correct diagnosis, gaining patients’ trust, and at the end, proper care and treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate interns’ communication with patients from the observer and patient’s view. Methods: In this cross-sectional st...

Field guide to the difficult patient interview

An Internet-Based Patient Interview

A computerized patient interview has been developed at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to supplement or replace the paper questionnaire given to patients before an outpatient visit.' The interview was designed to obtain an overview of the patient's clinical condition in approximately 30 minutes of the patient's time. This demonstration will show our redesign and implementation of the i...