About The CourseWelcome to the CoursePlus Web site for INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE IN MEDICAL CARE (410.652.01), a course offered by the Department of Health Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Focuses on the patient-provider relationship and its social, cognitive, attitudinal, behavioral, and clinical correlates. Discusses communication during the medical encounter; professional preparation and socialization; patient expectations for care and emerging consumerist trends; and evaluation of physician performance in relation to patient and provider outcomes. Emphasizes patient recall, compliance, utilization, and clinical outcomes.
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- discuss theoretical models of the patient-provider relationship
- describe the effect of patient identity characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity and culture, age, health status and literacy on physician – patient communication
- describe the effect of physician identity characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity and culture, and experience on physician – patient communication
- gain insight into the lived experience of patients and physicians through the reading of a “patient pathography” and analysis of the power of narratives
- explain the structure and functions of the medical visit and the nature of the medical dialogue in routine medical care from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective
- discuss patient and physician interventions to enhance the medical dialogue and effectiveness of care
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