Educational Resources on Communication Skills

The Patient’s experience and the importance of good communication.

The following offers insightful information about our Executive Director of the Rome Foundation, Mrs Johannah Ruddy’s, transition from illness to health.  It includes her personal journey as published in Gastroenterology in December 2018 along with a video of her experience.  Also included is a perspective on her transition by Douglas A. Drossman, MD.

A Patient’s Experience of Illness and Healing

The following offers insightful information about a patient’s experience of her illness. It includes a personal journey as published in Gastroenterology in February 2017 along with a video of her experience. Also included is a perspective on her transition by Douglas A. Drossman, MD.

Improving Patient-Provider Relationships to Improve Health Care

From Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2020,18:1417-1426

This article looks at the challenges in our health care system that erodes the physician-patient relationship.  This has led to dissatisfaction among providers and patients, time pressures, the loss of meaningfulness and increased health care costs due to unnecessary testing.  Then it offers some possible solutions through increased educational programs, more research and incentivization for providers.

Communication Skills in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

This article offers a practical guide as to what the provider can to do increase the PPR through communication techniques.

Article on Effective Communication Skills.

The following article was a keynote presentation on communication skills written by Douglas A. Drossman MD, recipient of the David Sun Award by the American College of Gastroenterology.

Video on the importance of good communication in the care of patients with Functional GI Disorders.

This video explains the reasons why patients with IBS and other functional GI disorders may be stigmatized by their caretakers and then effective communication techniques are provided to help physician and patient satisfaction in the care.