Five Minute Pearls For Clinical Practice : Healthcare Provider Education | Fiveminutemd.com | Doccast | Brian Morris, M.d.

The importance of perseverance in clinical practice is discussed. The is the first of the three P’s of clinical practice which are the three most important attitudes we need to bring to patient care.

Finding a mentor is extremely important and we discuss it in this week’s episode.

Office visits are about the patient and not about us. Let’s discuss.

The paradigm of the 5-minute weight loss consult is discussed (part 2).

The paradigm of the 5-minute weight loss consult is discussed (part 1).

Giving patients homework to do between office visits is discussed.

The three step process of helping patients learn a new habit is discussed.

Writing a condolence letter to the family of a patient who has died is discussed.

How to strengthen the 3rd leg of the stool (from pearl #5) is discussed.

The four-legged stool paradigm of medical care is presented.

Having an open mind is very important but always remember to validate such ideas with high quality scientific studies.

Showing patients how to implement our recommendations is discussed in this third episode of Five Minute Pearls for Clinical Practice.

Trusting our gut feelings is discussed in this second episode of Five Minute Pearls for Clinical Practice.

Giving our full focus and attention to each patient is discussed in this first episode of Five Minute Pearls For Clinical Practice.