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- Title
A PROPOSED MODEL FOR THE ROLE OF PHYSICIAN PEER MENTORING IN IMPROVING PHYSICIAN COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT SATISFACTION.
- Authors
Bryant, Scott; Moshavi, Dan; Lande, Gary; Leary, Myleen; Doughty, Robert
- Abstract
Physician peer mentoring has the potential to provide improved physician job satisfaction while increasing patient satisfaction and improving patient health outcomes. Peer mentoring also has the potential to be more effective than traditional training methods for improving physicians' abilities to manage relationships with patients, including communication and interpersonal skills. By pairing physicians who are effective communicators with less effective ones, peer mentoring provides a physician who can share knowledge about managing patient relationships. This paper adds to the mentoring literature by exploring the role of peer mentoring for physicians. This paper also adds to the doctor-patient relationship literature by suggesting that physician peer mentoring may be an effective tool for improving doctors' relationships with their patients, thereby resulting in more satisfied and healthy patients. Finally, the paper lays out an agenda for future research on the impact of peer mentoring on effective physician communication and patient satisfaction.
- Subjects
MENTORING in medicine; JOB satisfaction of physicians; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL practice; PHYSICIAN-patient relations
- Publication
Academy of Health Care Management Journal, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1559-7628
- Publication type
Article