A personal
and
professional
journey into
Person-centered
care

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As a clinician, I’ve certainly felt the productivity crunch from management, and have struggled to spend quality time with my patients so that I could understand them better. This made clinical practice very frustrating. While I felt that I should have been able to help my patients more, I faced barriers such as time, productivity pressure, and I also felt that I just did not have the knowledge or skills to effectively approach person-centered care. These feelings were particularly strong when working with patients with persistent pain.

This frustration prompted me to shift gears, and I embarked on a PhD which focuses on person-centered care in persons with persistent low back pain. You can read more about my journey here. I am still on that journey, currently in the throes of researching the philosophy, and I’ve had the opportunity to read and explore extensively. My intention is to blend the knowledge and understanding of person-centered care gained from my research with my nearly 20 years of full-time clinical experience to help healthcare providers bridge the gap between a challenging, productivity-driven clinical environment and better patient care. In doing so, I hope to make person-centered care less of a far-fetched ideal, and more of a real possibility for busy clinicians.

I hope that you will find this journey into person-centered care rewarding, as we navigate the complexities of the topic and its implementation in clinical practice, becoming better healthcare providers together.

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