Patricia F Anderson|Elise Wescom|Ruth C. Carlos
Difficult Doctors, Difficult Patients: Building Empathy
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
effective doctorpatient communication facilitates therapeutic relationship promotes patient physical mental health improves physician satisfaction methods teaching effective communication use range techniques typically combining didactic instruction simulated communication encounters reflective discussion rarely patients physicians exposed instructions colearners evidence utility graphic stories comics cartoons improve patient comprehension selfregulation small encouraging authors describe use graphic medicine teaching tool engendering empathy physician patient shared clinical encounter use educational comics colearning experience represents new use medium teaching tool