Patients are a virtue

by Lis Paice What can a coaching approach teach doctors about listening and questioning they don’t already know? It all started when a colleague – a GP and a passionate advocate for coaching – got the funding to set up a coaching service for doctors in my region. She talked me into attending the three-day training programme, if only to understand what coaching was all about. I didn’t think it would take that long to learn. After all, I had spent my whole career as a doctor listening, asking questions and sorting out what I needed to do for my patients. How different was coaching going...

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