Specific scenario: Not renewing a prescription for pain medication after elective hip replacement surgery. Print the listening guide to use throughout your listening sessions to learn about…Continue ReadingEpisode 3: Revising a treatment plan — providing less treatment because of new test results or a change in care plan goals

Conversations on Medical Overuse

Episode 3: Revising a treatment plan — providing less treatment because of new test results or a change in care plan goals

Specific scenario:  Recommending moderate movement, ice, and OTC pain relievers as an initial treatment plan for back pain Print the listening guide to use throughout…Continue ReadingEpisode 2: Recommending an initial treatment plan that is less intensive than the patient expects

Episode 2: Recommending an initial treatment plan that is less intensive than the patient expects

Specific scenario: Not ordering a urinalysis in an elderly patient Print the listening guide to use throughout your listening sessions to learn about the skills that…Continue ReadingEpisode 1: Not doing a diagnostic test that the patient expects