Publications by authors named "Ioana Cezara Ene"
Purpose: The notion of physician invulnerability to illness contributes to the ongoing marginalization of physicians with personal experiences of illness and complicates professional identity development in medical learners. As such, physician self-disclosure of lived experiences as patients has seen an increasing role in medical education. Existing literature, centered on mental health, has characterized the positive effect of physician discussion of experience with mental illness on medical students and residents.
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- Medical students often experience a decline in clinical empathy during training, despite its numerous benefits for both patients and doctors.
- A qualitative study involved focus groups with chronic illness patients in Canada to develop a model of clinical empathy for medical education.
- Findings indicated that perceived physician empathy improved patients' health care experiences and mental health, while a lack of empathy led to negative outcomes and increased resource use.
Primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients identified body image conversations to be difficult but necessary. As first points of contact in the healthcare system, PCPs are ideal candidates for addressing body image concerns. Through latent thematic analysis of 12 interviews, this paper explores patient preferences with body image conversations in primary care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact clinical practice and healthcare delivery. AI is of particular significance in radiology due to its use in automatic analysis of image characteristics. This scoping review examines stakeholder perspectives on AI use in radiology, the benefits, risks, and challenges to its integration.
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