Osler Center Announcements

November 25, 2008

The Osler Center for Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins, of the Division of General Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University, is proud to announce funding of the following grants effective November 25, 2008:

Substance Use Disorders for the Internist: a Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents and Faculty
Amina Chaudhry, M.D., MPH; Edith Vargo, M.D.

Development of a Brief Video to Impact Clinician Respect and Empathy Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Mary Catherine Beach, M.D., MPH; Neda Ratanawongsa, M.D., MPH, Sophie Lanzkron, M.D.; Mark T. Hughes, M.D., MA; Rochelle V. Brown, M.D., MS

Building Relationships in HIV Care: The Role of Emotional Dialogue
Mary Catherine Beach, M.D., MPH; Richard D. Moore, M.D., MHS; Debra L. Roter, Dr.P.H.; Gail V. Berkenblit, M.D., Ph.D.

Utilizing Audit and Feedback to Improve Hospitalists' Performance in Tobacco Dependence Counseling
Flora Kisuule, M.D., MPH; Scott Wright, M.D.

Increasing Our Understanding of Philanthropy to Academic Medicine
Scott Wright, M.D.; Rosalyn Stewart, M.D.; Leah Wolfe, M.D.; Richard Paisner; John A. Flynn, M.D., MBA; Heidi Minken; Joe Carrese, M.D., MPH

The Center also will be supporting the following elective for medical students within the Patient, Physician and Society course:

Practicing Empathy: A Reflective Writing Seminar
Taught by Wayne Biddle (Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars faculty member); Rachel Levine, M.D., MPH; Eric Bass, M.D., MPH

The Osler Center for Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins was established in 2002, within the Division of General Internal Medicine, to train physicians in the basic elements of a sound doctor-patient relationship. The program is dedicated to training a new generation of doctors who will be able to:

• Communicate effectively with patients and their families;
    
• Apply good diagnostic skills and the best of medical science to the care of their patients;
    
• Set up health care systems that deliver accessible, patient-friendly, high-quality care; and,
    
• Act as a steadfast guide and source of support to patients, no matter where they choose to see specialty care.
    

For more information about the Osler Center for Clinical Excellence, please contact:

John A. Flynn, M.D., MBA
Co-Director, The Osler Center for Clinical Excellence
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, #7143
Baltimore, MD  21287
(410) 955-1111, jflynn@jhmi.edu

David E. Kern, M.D., MPH
Co-Director, The Osler Center for Clinical Excellence
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD  21224-2780
(410) 550-1828, dkern@jhmi.edu