Beth A Lown

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An agenda for improving compassionate care: a survey shows about half of patients say such care is missing
    Beth A Lown
    Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1772-8. 2011
  2. ncbi Continuing professional development for interprofessional teams supporting patients in healthcare decision making
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    J Interprof Care 25:401-8. 2011
  3. ncbi The Schwartz Center Rounds: evaluation of an interdisciplinary approach to enhancing patient-centered communication, teamwork, and provider support
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Med 85:1073-81. 2010
  4. ncbi The personal and professional impact of a fellowship in medical education
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Acad Med 84:1089-97. 2009
  5. ncbi Mutual influence in shared decision making: a collaborative study of patients and physicians
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Health Expect 12:160-74. 2009
  6. ncbi Patients as partners in radiology education: an innovative approach to teaching and assessing patient-centered communication
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, 300 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Acad Radiol 15:425-32. 2008
  7. ncbi Caring attitudes in medical education: perceptions of deans and curriculum leaders
    Beth A Lown
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 22:1514-22. 2007
  8. ncbi Strategies for creating a faculty fellowship in medical education: report of a 10-year experience
    Charles J Hatem
    The Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Acad Med 84:1098-103. 2009
  9. ncbi Developing a peer assessment of lecturing instrument: lessons learned
    Lori R Newman
    Shapiro Institute for Education and Research, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Acad Med 84:1104-10. 2009
  10. ncbi A model for communication skills assessment across the undergraduate curriculum
    Elizabeth A Rider
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Med Teach 28:e127-34. 2006

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi An agenda for improving compassionate care: a survey shows about half of patients say such care is missing
    Beth A Lown
    Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1772-8. 2011
    ..We also recommend the development of systematic approaches to help health care professionals improve the skills required for compassionate care...
  2. ncbi Continuing professional development for interprofessional teams supporting patients in healthcare decision making
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    J Interprof Care 25:401-8. 2011
    ..Educational leaders and researchers can institutionalize such curricula by linking them with quality improvement and patient safety initiatives...
  3. ncbi The Schwartz Center Rounds: evaluation of an interdisciplinary approach to enhancing patient-centered communication, teamwork, and provider support
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Med 85:1073-81. 2010
    ..The authors investigated changes in attendees' self-reported behaviors and beliefs about patient care, sense of teamwork, stress, and personal support...
  4. ncbi The personal and professional impact of a fellowship in medical education
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Acad Med 84:1089-97. 2009
    ..We also explored the results of the implementation of a scholarly medical education project...
  5. ncbi Mutual influence in shared decision making: a collaborative study of patients and physicians
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Health Expect 12:160-74. 2009
    ..Little attention has been paid to patients' behaviors that facilitate shared decision making or to the influence of patients and physicians on each other during this process...
  6. ncbi Patients as partners in radiology education: an innovative approach to teaching and assessing patient-centered communication
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, 300 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Acad Radiol 15:425-32. 2008
    ..We focused on communication in the diagnostic mammography suite, where patient-radiologist interactions are often intense and stressful...
  7. ncbi Caring attitudes in medical education: perceptions of deans and curriculum leaders
    Beth A Lown
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 22:1514-22. 2007
    ..Systems of undergraduate medical education and patient care can create barriers to fostering caring attitudes...
  8. ncbi Strategies for creating a faculty fellowship in medical education: report of a 10-year experience
    Charles J Hatem
    The Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Acad Med 84:1098-103. 2009
    ....
  9. ncbi Developing a peer assessment of lecturing instrument: lessons learned
    Lori R Newman
    Shapiro Institute for Education and Research, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Acad Med 84:1104-10. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi A model for communication skills assessment across the undergraduate curriculum
    Elizabeth A Rider
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Med Teach 28:e127-34. 2006
    ..By presenting an approach for implementation, the authors hope to provide guidance for the successful integration of communication skills assessment in undergraduate medical education...
  11. ncbi Women's and residents' experiences of communication in the diagnostic mammography suite
    Beth A Lown
    Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Department of Medicine, 300 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 77:328-37. 2009
    ..To gain understanding of radiology residents' and women's experiences, concerns, information needs, coping strategies and perspectives about optimal communication during diagnostic mammography...
  12. ncbi The academic health center coming of age: helping faculty become better teachers and agents of educational change
    Charles J Hatem
    The Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Acad Med 81:941-4. 2006
    ..Lastly, future directions for these fellowships are presented...
  13. ncbi Communication in the diagnostic mammography suite: implications for practice and training
    J Pierre Sasson
    Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, 300 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    Acad Radiol 15:417-24. 2008
    ..We surveyed radiology residents and staff about communication training, practices, and experiences communicating directly with patients in the diagnostic mammography suite...
  14. ncbi Difficult conversations: anger in the clinician-patient/family relationship
    Beth A Lown
    Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, 300 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    South Med J 100:33-9; quiz 40-2, 62. 2007
    ....
  15. ncbi Teaching communication skills
    Elizabeth A Rider
    Office of Educational Development, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Med Educ 38:558-9. 2004