by Carol M. Davis, Gina Maria Musolino
For over 20 years, Patient Practitioner
Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health
Care has been the cornerstone textbook for health care professionals to
learn and develop effective interpersonal professional behavior.
Building
on the foundational knowledge of past editions, the updated Sixth
Edition continues to teach health care professionals how to develop
self-awareness and communication skills critical to providing ethical,
compassionate, and professional treatment and care for and with their
patients.
Drs. Carol M. Davis and
Gina Maria Musolino designed the textbook to assist both faculty and
students through instructional and learning objectives emphasizing the
importance of self-awareness in patient interaction. The Sixth Edition
guides faculty in teaching the essential component required of all
health care professionals: the ability to know oneself and one’s
patterns of response in highly contentious situations. Through the
featured learning activities and chapters on self-awareness and
self-assessment, students will be able to better understand, change, and
evaluate their learned patterns, values, and readiness for mature
patient interactions for both typical and challenging patient care
situations. The learned skills of self-awareness and effective
interpersonal communication allow clinicians, faculty, and students to
provide compassionate and therapeutic treatment and care for the good of
the patients and their families. Developing health care providers are
also guided in new focus areas in health care leadership and advocacy
through interactive exercises.
Features and benefits of the Sixth Edition:
- Four
chapters on self-awareness to guide students in evaluating their values
and readiness for mature interaction with patients under stressful
situations, as well as their ability and capability for self-assessment
and peer-assessment
- Interactive and
online learning activities of real-life clinical situations and
vignettes with tools provided to use in the classroom to make learning
active and engaging.
- New content
areas addressing leadership and advocacy with professional and community
organizations; and self and peer assessment for fostering reflective
professional development.
- An accompanying Instructor’s Manual to help faculty learn how to convey the material in effective ways
Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.
Patient
Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art
of Health Care, Sixth Edition will continue to be the go-to resource
for students, faculty, and clinicians in allied health professions for
effective patient interaction.