Collaborative Learning: Post 80
In Candid Reflections on Bad Behavior, I reflected on the recently published ACPE Doctor-Nurse Behavior Study, in which 2,124 physicians and 696 nurses participated. Nearly 85% of respondents experienced degrading comments, 73% yelling, 49% cursing, and 38% refusing to work together.
Those of you who have been with me know that I am on a continuous healing journey from being labeled “the problem” to helping find solutions. Please let me recount a Read more »
Posted: November 19th, 2009 under Learning.
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Collaborative Co-mentoring
“We’re not stupid- we just need to be trained,” a general surgery section chief confided to me a few years ago. He had been promoted to section chief based on his clinical competence and then realized that he needed to communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflicts in ways that he had never learned in medical school or residency.
I began using the term “co-mentoring” to describe this process because I believe that each person brings valuable knowledge, experience, and wisdom to the Read more »
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Learning.
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