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A Bilodeau

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PubMed1997

[Improving the supervision of physician-patient relations. Utilization of system's methodology].

PROBLEM ADDRESSED: To train residents adequately, major improvements in the supervision of the doctor-patient relationship were needed. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM: To improve supervision of residents' building and managing doctor-patient relationships. MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM: Using a program based on systems thinking, the teachers at one Quebec university introduced major changes: a reduction in the number of doctors involved in supervision; a common conceptual framework enabling supervisors to more adequately observe, analyse, evaluate, and discuss the doctor-patient relationship; and peer supervision (metasupervision). CONCLUSION: The key to acceptance of these changes was the approach used: consultation, team work, and the development of a new culture. Through this program, supervision of the doctor-patient relationship was improved.

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PubMed1996

Cognitive remediation of persons with severe and persistent mental illness.

There is a vast psychiatric literature describing the nature and degree of cognitive deficits present in persons suffering from severe and persistent mental illness, particularly schizophrenic spectrum disorders. A smaller, more recent literature has emerged addressing non-pharmaceutical interventions developed to remediate those deficits. The Cognitive Remediation Program was developed to remediate cognitive deficits in such areas as the ability to sustain attention and concentration, memory processes, concept formation, organizing visual and auditory stimuli into recognizable patterns, and shifting cognitive sets. The program consists of three fifteen minute intervals or "loops" that each contain a different type of task designed to promote remediation of cognitive deficits. The Program also employs behavioral techniques, using a token economy to aid in shaping behavior and motivating patients. The loops consist of: 1) a group that focuses on training in attention, concentration and cognitive flexibility; 2) a computer group utilizing a combination of game software and programs designed for use with a head injured population; 3) a group promoting the generalization of skills learned in the Program to other social arenas. On a ten week pre- and post-measure, participants improved significantly on both a digits forward and digits backward task, both measures of concentration and attention.

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