Competencies covered in this module:

Patient Care (AAMC:)   

Provide patient-centered care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making.

Knowledge for Practice (AAMC)

• Demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social-behavioral sciences, as well as the application of this knowledge to patient care.
• Apply principles of social-behavioral sciences to provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care seeking, care compliance, and barriers to and attitudes toward care.

Interpersonal and Communication Skills (AAMC)

• Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and health professionals.
• 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• 4.6 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics.
• 4.7 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions.

Osteopathic Principles and Practices (AACOM)

• Approach the patient with recognition of the entire clinical context, including mind-body and psychosocial interrelationships.
• Recognize and treat each patient as a whole person, integrating body, mind, and spirit.
• Demonstrate caring, compassionate, and empathetic behavior during the application of OMT in the clinical setting.
• Diagnose clinical conditions and plan patient care.
• Consider the patient’s perspective and values in diagnostic decision-making.

Patient Care (AACOM) 

• Form a patient-centered, interprofessional, evidence-based management plan.
• Elicit the patient’s perspective on the current situation and modify the diagnostic and treatment plan as appropriate in response to the patient’s needs and preference.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to the ethical dimensions of clinical decision-making.

Interpersonal and Communication Skills (AACOM) 

• Establish and maintain the physician-patient relationship.
• Explore the psychosocial, occupational, and biomechanical environment in which the patient lives and/or in which health care is administered.
• Conduct a patient-centered interview that includes the following.
• Communicate in a manner that demonstrates sensitivity to gender as well as to racial and cultural diversity.

Professionalism (AACOM)

• Humanistic Behavior - Demonstrate humanistic behavior, including respect, compassion, probity, honesty, and trustworthiness.
• Provide polite, considerate, and compassionate treatment to every patient.

(AACN) 

• I.1:  Integrate theories and concepts from liberal education into nursing practice.
• I.2:  Synthesize theories and concepts from liberal education to build an understanding of the human experience.
• VI.3: Incorporate effective communication techniques, including negotiation and conflict resolution, to produce positive professional working relationships.