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Reeve described that a trusted clinician helps a patient create meaning of illness, builds a consensus on a management plan, and shares the idea about when that plan should be revised.1 We can find those components on the patient-centered clinical method2 and the inner consultation model.3 However, these models indicate what we GPs should accomplish in each consultation but do not explain how we should do it. Thus, we need to accumulate such tacit knowledge and update our consultation way.
Where can we learn such tacit knowledge? One answer would be to belong to communities of practice. In his work, Kaufman quoted Wenger and Wenger-Trayner: ' Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly'.4 Reeve give examples of communities of practice, such as the CATALYST programme and the Wise GP programme. I want to add another example, a master of family medicine programme. I am a current master student of family medicine at The University of Edinburgh. Every discussion forum is a fruitful opportunity to gain tacit knowledge regarding how to conduct patient-centred consultations. I feel that discussion with GP colleagues reconstructs my mindlines.5
Now we are facing an unprecedented crisis challenging the doctor-patient relationship. Telephone consultation limits our crea...
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