About the short course series


Faculty

Yi-an Yang, MS, MA

Health and intercultural communication

Dr. Daniel O'Keefe, PhD

Persuasion and argumentation research

About this short course


TARGET AUDIENCE

This activity is intended for family physicians, internists, gynecologists, geriatricians, endocrinologists, and cardiologists who are engaged in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol in primary care settings.


EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Identify the steps to close a patient’s knowledge gap
  • Identify the steps to close a patient’s action gap


What you'll get


Once patients have a favorable belief towards your recommendation, your task is about getting them to act on their behavior intention.


In this section, you'll learn how to close cognitive and behavioral gaps between what a patient intends to do and what actually happens in their life outside the clinic.