In this week's GeriPal podcast we interview Randy Curtis, Professor of Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care and Director of the Palliative Care Center of Excellence at the University of Washington.
The issue is - how do we get more patients with chronic and serious illness to engage in goals of care conversations with their doctors? One way is to train doctors in better communication techniques. We've talked with folks - most recently Wendy Anderson - about Vital Talk and other such methods that approach the issue from that angle.
While acknowledging the critical importance of improving the quality of clinician communication, Randy's focus in the present study is priming patients and clinicians to engage in these conversations. So how do you prime them? Listen to the podcast to find out! (bonus attempt to play Ed Sheeran)
Brief hint - patients are surveyed in advance to ascertain readiness and barriers to goals of care conversations. Then, and this is brilliant, the c…
The issue is - how do we get more patients with chronic and serious illness to engage in goals of care conversations with their doctors? One way is to train doctors in better communication techniques. We've talked with folks - most recently Wendy Anderson - about Vital Talk and other such methods that approach the issue from that angle.
While acknowledging the critical importance of improving the quality of clinician communication, Randy's focus in the present study is priming patients and clinicians to engage in these conversations. So how do you prime them? Listen to the podcast to find out! (bonus attempt to play Ed Sheeran)
Brief hint - patients are surveyed in advance to ascertain readiness and barriers to goals of care conversations. Then, and this is brilliant, the c…