Conference Call Book Study 
                Available  

Book: Communication Skills that Heal:
A practical approach to a new professionalism
in medicine. Radcliffe Publications UK Jan 2006

Leader: Barry Bub, M.D.
Author, educator and physician mentor.

Venue: Sessions will held via telephone conference call. Participants will be emailed a telephone number and access code.

Fee: Since study is intended for professional purposes it should be tax deductible. Please check with your tax advisor. Book available from author or Amazon.com

Description: Sessions are intended to be interactive and both intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying. Study will be enriched by the diversity of our backgrounds and uniqueness of our perspectives. At the end of each session, participants will be given one very specific practice skill to try out in the coming week and will be invited to report their experiences back to the group. We will also share narratives of personal encounters that are either challenging or particularly satisfying.

Registration: For further information, re this group or others being formed, please email barrybub@gmail.com or call 914-500-5698.

From published reviews:

“In spite of having been a student of physician/patient communication skills for many years my consciousness in this area is significantly expanded by this book. It will become required reading for our medical students and residents.”  Sheldon M. Feldman M.D., FACS  Healthcare Communication Review

“The author does a wonderful job of emphasizing listening as the cornerstone to effective communication. It is a valuable complement that provides clinical flesh to the basic structure of the patient and physician relationship offered by other books on this topic.”
Thomas P.  Guck, Ph.D.  Doody’s Book Review Service

"This thought-provoking book is of value to all healthcare professionals interested in enhancing their daily practice. It had me gripped from the moment I picked it up." Clare Bennett, RN

“Barry Bub has a real gift for bringing encounters with patients and colleagues to life.  He manages to make stories about people more telling and more educational than any pure theorist ever could.  His ideas about identifying laments and how to respond to them are a powerful and original contribution to family medicine.”
Dr John Launer, MD., Associate Director
London Department of Postgraduate GP Education
Author of: Narrative-Based Primary Care A practical guide.