Tools for Communicating Effectively with Patients

How do you get people to act upon requests or messages whether we are talking to one person or many?  Perhaps there are times when you question if a patients will ever follow through on an agreed upon decision.  As healthcare professionals, the ability to communicate effectively is imperative.
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What Are Good Goals?

Throughout history great thinkers and average folk have asked two questions central to our successful existence: “Who am I?” and “What do I want?” Together, they pose a tricky riddle and many of us will likely live our entire lives without ever answering either one! But most of us would agree that one path toward solving the puzzle is to think about, articulate and set goals for our lives.
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Why Are You Afraid To Call?

In 20 years of supporting the career needs of America’s young physicians, residents and fellows, I have learned that the stigmas of residency and fellowship live on for many years post training. 
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