70969 - Patient-Physician Communication

Learning outcomes

This course is aimed to provide students with the essential knowledge about the cognitive and emotional processes involved in doctor-patient relationship.

Course contents

The role of psychosocial context, physician-patient relationship, knowledge, beliefs, and expectations on clinical outcomes.

Placebo and Nocebo effect.

Social modulation of pain.

Readings/Bibliography

https://eduonplacebo.unibo.it/welcome

Bagnis, A., Meeuwis, S. H., Haas, J. W., O'Keeffe, M., Bajcar, E. A., Babel, P., ... & PANACEA Consortium. (2025). A scoping review of placebo and nocebo responses and effects: insights for clinical trials and practice. Health Psychology Review, 19(2), 409-447.

Benedetti F. (2013). Placebo and the new physiology of the doctor-patientrelationship. Physiol Rev, 93:1207-46.

Mattarozzi K. et al. (2016). What patients' complaints and praise tell the health practitioner: implications for health care quality. A qualitative research study. Int J Qual Health Care, 29(1):83-89.

Teaching methods

Lectures and group exercises

Assessment methods

Learning will be assessed through small group critical discussion on the topics covered in the course. Students will report to the teacher a brief presentation of the results of the discussion carried out. The positive evaluation of the work will contribute to determine the achievement of the credits foreseen by the Integrated Course

 

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives

Teaching tools

The handouts of lectures slides will be provided by the teacher on AMS campus http://campus.cib.unibo.it/ .

 

https://eduonplacebo.unibo.it/welcome

Office hours

See the website of Katia Mattarozzi