Dr. Jonathan Fader from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine presented “Motivational Interviewing” at The Art of Medicine: A Physician-Patient Communication Conference on Nov 19th, 2011.
Effective patient-physician communication is associated with safer patient care, higher patient satisfaction and adherence to treatment, lower malpractice rates, and higher physician satisfaction. Yet physicians have historically received little training in evidence-based methods of communication. (The Art of Medicine: A Physician-Patient Communication Conference.)