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What Patients Bring to the Medical Encounter: Dealing with the Whole Patient

The overall objective of this case is to provide students with an opportunity to focus on the important aspects of the social history and how it relates to the current medical issues at hand. In this session we want to focus on their skills in obtaining adequate and useful information about the patient's social context in the medical interview. This module has been found to help first and second year medical students understand the role...

Keywords:: cancer screening, medical education, health literacy, cultural diversity, patient education, communication skills, social history

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Academic Support Services / Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness / Social/Cultural Aspects

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Material Type:: Case Study
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 4, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 10, 2022
Author:: Monica L. Lypson, University of Michigan Medical School
Submitter:: Open Michigan
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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