This new edition of The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice, 5th Edition, will help your students learn the art of conducting a medical interview and in the process hone their communication skills. In addition, the authors have created a downloadable interview organizer that students can use as a management tool for their first interviews. The book is appropriate for medical students and all levels of residents and is truly a must-read for anyone conducting a clinician-patient interview.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Tedious, Dull, and mostly common sense:
I really loathe this book. It's a dull, slow read. It's full of ridiculously trite little examples. It will spend three full pages coming up with different ways to say "appear caring." An intelligent person could convey all the useful information in this book to someone in about 30 minutes. I have an exam I know is based almost solely on this book, and I still feel like I wasted money on it.
Excellent manual for all healthcare provoders:
Many clinicians confuse conversation skills (which most people have) with professional communication skills (which most have had little formal training in at all). The cinicians in our practice have found it helpful in becoming more patient-centered in the goals setting process. The payoff being that patients who are more involved in their goal setiing and treatment planning are usually are more adherent to their treatment plan and demonstrate better outcomes. The book does a good job describing the... more info
Not really necessary:
If you've ever held a conversation with another human, you don't need this book.
This books sucks:
This book is a piece of doody. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. It seems as if it was written for robots to teach them how to interact with human patients. If you have any social skills whatsoever, you do not need to buy this book.
