{"id":13527,"date":"2017-06-06T01:40:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=13527"},"modified":"2018-07-24T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T12:06:44","slug":"are-patient-doctor-conversations-stressful-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2017\/06\/06\/are-patient-doctor-conversations-stressful-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Patient &#8211; Doctor Conversations Stressful for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/mar\/images\/engageforhealth_logo_small.jpg\" alt=\"Engage for Health Logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you find that after your doctor appointment is over and you are going over the conversation in your mind, you feel confused? There is a well-known quote by George Bernard Shaw about communication. &#8220;The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it occurred.&#8221; If you are interested in learning some effective communication strategies that could help make your next \u00a0appointment less stressful, read on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I attended the \u00a0Medical Librarians Association conference in Seattle. \u00a0I was introduced to a new NNLM program, \u00a0called Engage for Health. This program is packaged\u00a0as a turn-key tool or resource that any organization can share with its members, whether the members are\u00a0older adults that gather at the senior center or they are high school students attending their required health classes. Engage for Health is a free, community education program designed to alleviate stress and increase patient care satisfaction by teaching the patient how to take a more active role in the doctor visit\u00a0by learning some best practices for improved communication.<\/p>\n<p>This training is brief, it takes just about an hour. Everything needed to present the program to a group is available online and is free to any organization. What you do need to\u00a0acquire some new communication techniques is a health care professional and an additional person willing to be a patient so that a \u00a0simulated role-play activity can be demonstrated.<\/p>\n<p>The following are examples of the\u00a0tips\u00a0that\u00a0the program\u00a0suggests:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"releaseul\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Take a friend or family member with you<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Make sure you understand what your doctor or nurse says by repeating back what you heard<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Write things down before and during your visit; this will help you determine any questions<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ask questions, such as, \u201cWhat is this test for? Why do I need this treatment? How often do I need \u00a0 \u00a0 to take that medication?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tips seem like they are simple enough to put into practice without being involved in an hour-long program, however, participating in\u00a0the full program is strongly suggested. \u00a0The presentation slides, brief videos, and \u00a0the role play activity will give you the confidence to implement Engage in Health\u00a0with eased during your next appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Engage for Health\u2019 program is now available for libraries, community and faith based agencies, health care providers and high schools to offer in their communities. These are the materials you have access to so that you can use this program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentation slides complete with speaker notes<\/li>\n<li>Role Play activity<\/li>\n<li>Post Evaluation along with Instructions<\/li>\n<li>Promotional Poster<\/li>\n<li>The Engage for Health logo in .png and .jpg format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in offering this program, please feel free to use the materials located through this link<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/mar\/guides\/engageforhealth\">https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/mar\/guides\/engageforhealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact NNLM MAR for assistance<\/p>\n<p>NNLM\u00a0encourages you to offer this program, use the evaluation materials, and\u00a0let us know about the success of your \u2018Engage for Health\u2019 program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Do you find that after your doctor appointment is over and you are going over the conversation in your mind, you feel confused? There is a well-known quote by George Bernard Shaw about communication. &#8220;The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it occurred.&#8221; If you are interested in learning some&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2017\/06\/06\/are-patient-doctor-conversations-stressful-for-you\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13527"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14548,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13527\/revisions\/14548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}