title: Relationship between Participation in Patient- and Family-Centered Care Training and Communication Adaptability among Medical Students: Changing Hearts, Changing Minds.
abstract: A census of 43 third-year medical students at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine participated in Parents Reaching Out: Families as Faculty program during their pediatric rotation. Analysis of variance revealed statistical significance for the factor "appropriate disclosure" (meaning students have become more sensitive to the level of intimacy that the other person is seeking and the student is willing to offer more information). There was a positive correlation between pretest and posttests in social experience, wit, and social confirmation.
authors.affiliation: Current Fellow at the Georgetown Leadership Academy in Cultural Competence and Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Santa Fe, NM. She served for two years on the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Initiative Improving Healthcare Systems Advisory Board, and is now serving as Parent Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. NM. lnrossignol@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossignol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult