Person First Language: Enhancing Physician-Patient Interactions by Christopher Behringer DO, DipABLM

The goal of this talk is for you to: 

+ Understand what Person First Language is and how it differs from Condition First Language.
+ Understand the evidence for the use of Person First Language and its positive outcomes on patient health.
+ Take home tips for adopting Person First Language in a busy clinical setting.

Dr. Christopher Behringer is an American Board Certified Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine physician and keynote speaker.

He serves as Family Medicine faculty, helping teach medical education and family medicine practices at the largest medical school in the United States (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine), as well as serves as Chief Learning Officer for the medical education company ReelDx, helping to design effective learning resources for healthcare providers.

Dr. Behringer has a focus on integrating non-pharmacologic modalities towards health achievement including acupuncture, Osteopathy, and Lifestyle Medicine to help reduce patients’ pain, regain functional freedom, and encourage patients to embrace control over their health. He has both presented and published nationally, and internationally.

Any physician looking to 1) utilize evidence based communication strategies to improve patient outcomes 2) create more inclusive, compassionate, and effective patient interactions.

Dr. Behringer has not presented this talk at any conferences.

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