Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship: To test or not to test
Track 6
| Friday, November 25, 2022 |
| 2:25 PM - 3:25 PM |
| Meeting Room 216 |
Details
Session style: Presentation with case discussion, polling and Q&A
Speaker
Prof Mark Morgan
Professor of General Practice
Bond University
To test or not to test
2:10 PM - 3:10 PMSession summary
Learn how a new RACGP resource, First Do No Harm: a guide to choosing wisely in general practice, can assist doctor-patient communication and shared decision making, addressing testing, screening, and treatments where patients are better off without them.
Learning outcomes
1. Enhance doctor-patient communication and shared decision making
2. Combat the drivers of low value care and systematic barriers to change
3. Use patient resources to communicate clinical information quickly in a consultation
2. Combat the drivers of low value care and systematic barriers to change
3. Use patient resources to communicate clinical information quickly in a consultation
Biography
Prof Mark Morgan is a practising GP and also a co-chair of the First Do No Harm resource and Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee for Quality Care. Outside of his RACGP involvement, Mark is Professor of General Practice at Bond University engaged in medical education and primary care research.
Dr Michael Tam
Director, Primary and Integrated Care Unit
South Western Sydney Local Health District
To test or not to test
2:10 PM - 3:10 PMBiography
Dr Michael Tam is a practising GP and co-chair of the First Do No Harm resource. He is a member of the RACGP Expert Committee for Quality Care, Deputy Chair of the Sydney South West GP Link Ltd, and one of the supervising medical officers of the South Western Sydney Local Health District vaccination clinics and hubs.
