Interesting question! I believe the principles and elements of patient-centeredness and patient-centered care are going to build up a framework for the policies and rules in every aspect of healthcare services from Education and curriculums to management and administrative tasks in the near future; In such context, the data and the material which is in accordance and in line with the principles and elements of patient-centered care would be used in curriculums worldwide!

Dear Nader,

It's a core area for headache service delivery mechanism.

I agree with above answer.

In addition I do like to put up my view. New thing world want to ensure at hospital care is assure "Value-based health services". Here, value indicate about level of cure from disease or suffering.

In this regard measure Health Outcome is the attribute to know patient benefit. Till date DALY, QALY is choice of method to measure health outcome. Recently, some structure questionnaires were develop for known patient outcome for example Dr. Weiss questions.

"ISPOR" is the organisation regularly conducted short courses on same.

Hope, this will assist for further thinking. I will be happy to give more input on issue if you need.

Patient-centeredness is an important concept in medical education, as it aims to prepare future doctors to provide care that is respectful, responsive, and tailored to the needs and preferences of each individual patient. Patient-centeredness also promotes a partnership between patients, their families, and health care providers, and encourages patients to participate in their own care and decision-making.

Some of the benefits of patient-centeredness in medical education are:

• It enhances the quality and safety of health care, as it reduces errors, improves outcomes, and increases patient satisfaction.
• It fosters a positive learning environment for students, as it exposes them to diverse patient perspectives, values, and cultures.
• It develops students’ communication, interpersonal, and professional skills, as it requires them to listen, inform, involve, and empathize with patients.
• It aligns with the principles of social accountability and interprofessional education, as it addresses the social determinants of health, the needs of the community, and the collaboration among different health care professions.

Therefore, patient-centeredness plays a vital role in developing medical education curricula that are relevant, effective, and humanistic. Medical schools should incorporate patient-centeredness into their curricular goals and objectives, learning activities, assessment methods, and evaluation criteria. They should also provide students with opportunities to practice patient-centered care in various clinical settings, and to receive feedback and guidance from positive role models.

I like the question and answers so far and have some comments related to both. First, I believe the question should prioritize putting the patient perspective at the center of all decisions related to the organization and delivery of health care. The justification for the entire health care enterprise is improving the health and wellbeing of the overall population and the individuals within it. Yet, for much too long the priority has been the wellbeing of the enterprise or industry.

While empowering conscious, rational patients to take an active role in their healthcare is important, I believe that patient-centeredness has to extend to all patients including ones who are not conscious or not rational and including ones who do not have any family or other advocates around when the care is being delivered.

I, like Dr. Daro and others, believe that designing systems of care and interacting with patients individually should all be guided by patient-centered principles. Therefore, curricula, quality improvement projects, patient flow processes, etc, etc, etc, should all be designed from a patient perspective. That means that patients and family members need to be built into the design process of each of these.

Thank you for the question and the answers above! Besides what you have already highlighted, according to our experience as both lecturer and researcher in medical schools, including patient-centeredness if fundamental to train the future healthcare professional's humanistic skills, which include not only situating and empowering the patients, but also situating the healthcare professional itself as la person dealing with another person.

Students report difficulties to face something as basic as learning how to deal with another human being. Moreover if this human being is in pain, scared, dis-eased and you are the one expecting to be helpful. Medical training is focused on data analysis, decision making, a precise knowledge of pathology, etcetera. Which enclose them in the amaze and the demand of their discipline. But nobody teaches them how to BE WITH a person in need/pain/despair/scared. Some of our students face severe mental health problems when facing real patients/people, and report they do not feel enough prepared by the training methodologies, despite all the readings, exercises, simulations, etc.

It seams that students should be exposed to people/patients since the early years of their training, and not only during interships, to really benefit from-and assimilate a patient-centered healthcare approach.

Thank you.

Dear Patricia,

Patient-centered healthcare approach should be the cornerstone of students' curriculum planning. Because today's students are the ones who implement the correct treatment and care in the future.

This approach emphasizes the importance of understanding patients' perspectives, values, and cultural backgrounds, and it encourages the development of strong communication and interpersonal skills. Patient-centered medical education includes the following components:

· Patient safety

· Communication skills, including effective patient-physician interactions

· Team-based care models

· Ethics and professional behavior

· Understanding of the impact of societal problems on health

· Awareness of diverse cultural and belief systems

· Addressing gender and cultural biases

· Problem-based learning and clinical experiences with actual patients or simulations

· Curricular goals and objectives that reflect patient-centered values and expectations

· Evaluation methods that regularly review outcomes related to patient-centered learning

By incorporating this principles into the curriculum, nursing and medical schools can align their educational programs with current demands of medical practice and contribute to the transformation towards more person-centered care.

Patient participation in medical education is crucial for improving a patient-centered approach . Patient-centered learning (PCL) is defined as an approach to clinical teaching, in which the clinical teacher takes a back seat to facilitate a student-patient learning relationship. PCL is distinct from learning about patient-contentedness, as it is a didactic framework in medical education. Patient-contentedness, on the other hand, is an approach to health care where patients are actively involved in decisions about their care and medical professionals acknowledge patients as individuals with their own unique values and preferences.