Dennis Boyle has been involved in the communications field for 15 years. Since that time he has done workshops to over 5000 providers in Colorado, Nebraska and at events across the country. He has developed his own workshops on a variety of communications issues.
Over the same time period he has been involved in the University of Colorados Foundations of Doctoring and is presently the associate director of this innovative program teaching 320 medical students physician /patient communication yearly.
He is been a risk manager at COPIC malpractice company.
He is also an associate professor of Medicine at Denver Heath Medical Center
Description
This session defines “difficult interactions” with patients and explains how early recognition can be a core skill in facing these emotional situations. Additional skills are suggested to help navigate such events
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Describe how to diagnosis difficult relationship issues
Determine what constitutes a difficult patient interaction for you
Formulate a skill set to use in a difficult encounter