This is why we need to keep questioning and not just take things at face value. By the time research is published, it is old. Medicine 3.0 refers to a new era of medicine. This is the era where we look at research, we look at our patients and we make decisions collaboratively. Without knowing it, without putting a specific name to it, this is how I’ve been practising the last 10 years. There was little research to go when I started this field. to be honest I was terrified and I thought long and hard about how we practice medicine. I thought about patient centred care. I thought about collaboration. I thought about how to use current research to inform my decisions. From that, my practice grew. what I have learned in the process, is that patient’s value how you treat them more than what you know. They don’t care what you know, they care how you treat them and their medical concerns. When they know that you care, the relationship changes dramatically. That in itself is therapeutic. When your patients feel heard and they feel like you have their best interest in mind, they get better.

Posted by Dr. Jennifer Anderson MD at 2024-06-10 20:02:58 UTC