[Expert Solution]: Effective communication is the key to…

Effective communication is the key to building a physician-patient relationship. In a scenario Melvin Langer, who was presented to Rebecca Bridge, a second-year family medicine resident, was convinced that he had been misdiagnosed. Rebecca Bridge, who is still learning to be a physician, showed her frustration to management during her patient’s second visit regarding how the patient thought she had misdiagnosed. When she consulted her preceptor about her frustration, he identified that the issue was the patient’s being misdiagnosed and advised how she should talk to the patient about the management plan. They spent time together coming up with a management plan for Mr. Langer’s symptoms and established a trusted relationship where they were able to agree on a treatment plan. Could this situation have been avoided with effective communication if Dr. Bridge had soent more time initially with Mr. Langer to listen to his health routine and inquire if he was on any other medication other than for Graves’ disease?