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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		One way to improve the nation's healthcare system
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-10-31 19:00:00
	Description:		One way to improve healthcare in America may be to change just how doctors take care of their patients. This, according to Dr. Anna Chang of the University of California, San Francisco. Chang helped develop a new curriculum called Bridges that aims to teach medical students an array of critical skills, including how to better communicate with patients. "About 20 years ago, the Institute of Medicine stated that too many people die every year because the process of medicine is not perfect. Sometimes we think that maybe the most important decisions in medicine are - which medications to prescribe or which surgeries to perform, but that is actually not true. Our patients are a lot safer and a lot healthier, they are much more informed when we hear and speak with each other effectively”. To achieve that, from the first days of school, physicians, nurses, social workers and even patients meet with students – to share their stories and give them advice on how to work together as a team.
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