Focus
- Volume 9
- Number 2
- April 2011
FROM THE GUEST EDITORS
CLINICAL SYNTHESIS
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages153–164The aim of this article is to assist psychiatrists in meeting their responsibilities to better understand their patients and improve the quality of medical care.
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc153Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages165–170Poor-quality patient care can result from issues pertinent to the health system, patients, or the competence of physicians. A competent physician possesses and demonstrates the special knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors required to provide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc165Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages171–182A Performance in Practice Module that fulfills MOC Part 4 clinical requirements is available in this issue of FOCUS.
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc171INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages199–201This section contains a compilation of recent publications that have shaped the thinking in the field as well as classic works that remain important to the subject reviewed in this issue. This bibliography has been compiled by experts in the field and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc199Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages205–216In 1910, in his recommendations for reforming medical education, Abraham Flexner responded to what he deemed to be the “public interest.” Now, 100 years later, to respond to the current needs of society, the education of physicians must once again change. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc205Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages217–220Objective: The authors demonstrate that the teaching of professional boundaries in psychiatry is an essential component of training to prevent harm to patients and to the profession. Methods: The authors illustrate overarching principles that apply to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc217Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages221–222Reprinted with permission from American Journal of Psychiatry, 2010; 167:1419–1421
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc221Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages223–231In 2001, a seminal Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, put forth a comprehensive strategy for improving the quality of U.S. health care. This strategy attained considerable traction within ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc223Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages232–241Increasing attention has been directed in healthcare today to the importance of performance measurement,(i.e., the implementation of measurable methods to demonstrate that practitioners are engaged in high-quality, evidence-based medicine). Many medical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc232Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages242–245The initial interview of the patient for psychiatric consultation in the general hospital often presents the clinician with daunting challenges. Patients are often very ill and confused and frightened, due to cognitive impairment and/or misinformation; ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc242Publication date: 01 April 2011
Pages246–248(Reprinted with permission from Psychosomatics 1985; 26:128–132)
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.9.2.foc246Past Issues
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