Publications by authors named "Rachel H Kon"
Article Synopsis
- Longitudinal patient relationships can enhance medical students' professional identity formation and understanding of illness, but implementing a traditional longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) may not always be possible.
- The Patient Student Partnership (PSP) program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine pairs students with chronic illness patients over four years, blending experiential learning with the existing block curriculum.
- Student feedback indicates that the PSP program fosters connections between classroom theory and clinical practice, improves communication skills, and enhances self-reflection on their future roles, with 80.6% agreeing it allowed them to observe the impact of chronic illness on patients' lives.
- Future research is needed to assess the program’s effectiveness in promoting professional identity formation similar to LICs and to improve student
Unlabelled: The stresses of medical training can lead to burnout and other adverse outcomes. The Flourish curriculum was designed to mitigate negative effects of stress among clerkship students through debriefing and skills-building activities that foster practical wisdom: mindfulness, appreciative practice, story-telling/listening, and reflection. Students rated the curriculum highly, felt it addressed common concerns about clerkships, and were able to apply techniques from the curriculum to their clinical work.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoaching is a critical tool to guide student development of clinical competency and formation of professional identity in medicine, two inextricably linked concepts. Because progress toward clinical competence is linked to thinking, acting and feeling like a physician, a coach's knowledge about a learner's development of clinical skills is essential to promoting the learner's professional identity formation. A longitudinal coaching program provides a foundation for the formation of coach-learner relationships built on trust.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Statins are commonly used to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Despite the benefit and limited risks in properly identified patients, clinicians are often challenged by patient acceptance and adherence to these medications.
Objectives: To assess if patients and physicians may have unfounded safety concerns about hepatotoxicity from these medications, we surveyed physicians and patients.