New Years Resolution: Increase Quality of Patient Interactions.
✨Happy New Year✨! New Years brings New Resolutions! In this video, E. Shanika Esparaz, MD a double Board-Certified Ophthalmologist👀, Medical Retinal Specialist, Cataract Surgeon, and Lifestyle Medicine Specialist in Northeast Ohio discusses her New Years resolution in increasing the quality of her interactions with her patients👫. She refrences a study- Physicians’ and Patients’ Interruptions in Clinical Practice: A Quantitative Analysis that aimed to examine when and how physicians and patients interrupt each other during consultations. What they found was that physcians on average interrupt their patients within 18 seconds!❗ This year, Dr. Esparaz vows to be #mindful of interrupting her patients and listening to their every concern. #resolution #ophthalmology #eyecare #patientsatisfaction #qualitycare Reference: Plug I, van Dulmen S, Stommel W, Olde Hartman TC, Das E. Physicians' and Patients' Interruptions in Clinical Practice: A Quantitative Analysis. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Sep-Oct;20(5):423-429. doi: 10.1370/afm.2846. PMID: 36228066; PMCID: PMC9512556.
