This indispensable resource details how to use role play to teach the basics and more complex aspects of medical interviewing skills that trainee clinicians need to know for effective communication.

This easy-to-read, compelling, and comprehensive guide outlines effective strategies for interviewing parents and children efficiently. Topics covered include engaging patients and families, differential diagnosis, uncovering hidden agendas, collaborative discussion in diagnosis and treatment, practicing family oriented care, taking a full social history, and all other aspects of carrying out the pediatric interview.

This indispensable resource details how to use role play to teach the basics and more complex aspects of medical interviewing skills that trainee clinicians need to know for effective communication.

This easy-to-read, compelling, and comprehensive guide outlines effective strategies for interviewing parents and children efficiently. Topics covered include engaging patients and families, differential diagnosis, uncovering hidden agendas, collaborative discussion in diagnosis and treatment, practicing family oriented care, taking a full social history, and all other aspects of carrying out the pediatric interview.