Gauging patient knowledge of newly prescribed medication in acute primary care

• In Event: Provider-Patient Interaction

Abstract

Physicians are often criticized for not being patient-centered enough, for example, by using jargon and technical terms that many patients may not understand. While that may be true, it is certainly not the whole story. This paper argues that physicians do, in fact, gauge patient understanding, but the situation is complex. This paper uses the conversation analytic (CA) concept of formulations to explore how physicians gauge patient knowledge of a newly prescribed medication.

Author

• Christopher Koenig, University of California, San Francisco