Category: Communication
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Approaching Patient Encounters with Compassion
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Showing empathy and compassion is essential for building solid physician-patient relationships. Read about how medical student Farrah-Amoy started with the heart during her first patient interview. As health profession students, we often get hung up on the details. We do our best to get a thorough history, always remembering OLD…
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How to Manage Relationships While in Med School
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As if medical school wasn’t difficult enough on its own, maintaining a stable, healthy relationship during medical school sometimes seems impossible. But if you can work through the obstacles and learn how to manage a relationship, it can actually become a huge advantage, and a source of much-needed support through all…