Quick and Effective Strategies for Engaging Patients in Treatment

Course Code: REL-PI-0-P21

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2022

Learning Objectives:
Describe strategies to facilitate patients active involvement in healthcare discussions and decisions.
Evaluate patient readiness to change and degree of activation, and tailor treatment recommendations to those factors.
Employ communication strategies that support patient engagement.
List approaches to maintain patient engagement when collaborating with or transitioning care to other providers.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction A. About This Course B. Learning Objectives Section 2: Engagement Facilitation Approaches A. Support Patient Involvement B. Assess Readiness to Change and Patient Activation C. Assess Coping and Expectations D. Facilitating Engagement Through Effective Communication E. Review F. Summary Section 3: Collaborating with Other Providers A. Maintaining Engagement Through Care Transitions B. Review C. Summary Section 4: Conclusion A. Summary B. Course Contributor C. Resources D. References E. Congratulations

Staff Writer: Monique Kahn, Psy.D.

Monique Kahn, Psy.D. received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at Spokane Mental Health in Washington, which included specialty rotations in behavioral medicine and time-limited psychotherapies. She is licensed as a psychologist in Maine, where she was in private practice for 14 years, providing services to adult clients with varied presenting issues, but with particular emphasis on the treatment of anxiety disorders, the relationship between psychosocial stress and illness, insomnia, and coping with chronic illness. She has taught in the undergraduate psychology program at Husson University in Maine. In addition, she has worked as a content writer and psychology subject matter expert for several major educational publishing firms. She joined Relias as a clinical content writer and subject matter expert in 2016. Disclosure: Monique Kahn, Psy.D. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Entry level General Staff; Entry level Physicians; Nurses; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.