Teaching the biopsychosocial perspective: a comparison of two approaches.
Two approaches to teaching the biopsychosocial approach were compared. Four outcome measures from 55 patients and 11 resident physicians support a skill-based consultative approach as a more effective teaching method than a traditional didactic method. Implications of this innovative method for the practice of medicine are briefly discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012931:Social Environment