Enduring Attributes of Medicine Relevant for the Education of the Physician

Engel, George L.

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-78-4-587

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“…Indeed, there have been recurring calls to do so. Engel (1973), before he became renowned for the 'biopsychosocial model', lamented the withering away of observation skills at the hands of technology; he stated, 'Regardless of what systems of medicine or concepts of disease have prevailed over the ages, the competence of the physician has been measured by his ability to make the observations required for the application of his art or science. .…”

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Preparing medical students to become skilled at clinical observation

2008

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“…Goals within the clinical consultation (1) Ability to recognize the defensive strategies within the mind which distort and mask past and present stressful experiences and acknowledge that they operate within oneself as well as others, being related to anxieties, personality, everyday copying styles and the immediate situation. (2) Ability to acknowledge and understand how such mental mechanisms often importantly operate within carers and patients in their relationships, and especially within the doctor/patient relationship, and thus behave in a way that still permits the majority of patients to truly identify and express how they feel and to recall and share optimally and accurately relevant aspects oftheir background.…”

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“…Specifically, the student should aim to achieve the following objectives: (1) In addition, he or she should become aware of and become prepared to accept that it will be appropriate and necessary following graduation to develop related communication abilities and understanding in such fields as the primary preventive approaches to disease, to health education and to management, including peer and personal performance review.…”

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Undergraduate Training for Communication in Medical Practice

Crisp

1986

J R Soc Med

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Communication is a major aspect of medical practice in such areas as the consultation, counselling, team work, management duties, health education and teaching. Many communication skills essential to the clinical consultation are different from those used in everyday life. They require an understanding of the doctor/patient relationship and of the self as well as of others. They also require a subserving repertoire of specific behavioural skills. The present paper sets out to emphasize this pervasive importance of communication skills in medical practice and to suggest some educational goals and objectives for those skills of particular relevance to the consultation. It describes one attempt to pursue these within the author's own school despite the piecemeal nature of such teaching. In Britain great emphasis is placed on the importance of clinical skills and this is reflected in the priority given to them in the final professional examination, and yet their communication aspects are rarely well defined within the curriculum or directly assessed. The author advocates the teaching and assessment of communication skills as a continuous process throughout undergraduate and postgraduate medical education for clinical practice.

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“…The last special article is concerned with teaching, an issue that was of primary concern to George Engel [6]. We realize that this is only a partial tribute to his work and to the challenge entailed by his thinking [7].…”

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On Looking Inward and Being Scientific: A Tribute to G.L. Engel, MD

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2000

Psychother Psychosom

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Enduring Attributes of Medicine Relevant for the Education of the Physician

Cited by 62 publications

References 13 publications

Preparing medical students to become skilled at clinical observation

Preparing medical students to become skilled at clinical observation

Undergraduate Training for Communication in Medical Practice

On Looking Inward and Being Scientific: A Tribute to G.L. Engel, MD

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