Refining the Practice of Prescribing: Teaching Physician Learners How to Talk to Patients About a New Prescription.

Background: Clinician counseling about medication can improve patient understanding and adherence. This study developed a teaching session for physician learners about medication prescribing and communication, with evaluation at the physician and patient levels.

Objective: We analyzed whether patients would perceive and report more comprehensive clinician presentation of medication information when receiving prescriptions from their physician in the intervention clinic.

The practice of prescribing: discovering differences in what we tell patients about prescription medications.

Objective: This study explored patient recall of clinician presentation of information about prescription medication, looking specifically for communication patterns and differences by patient individual characteristics and by medication availability type.

Methods: A cross sectional survey collected information about 216 patients' perceptions of clinician presentations of medication information.

Results: Demographically, males recalled receiving more information about reasons, risks, and regimen in medication discussions.