Education round up - ICE, examinations, and adherence

The BMJ publishes a variety of education articles, to help doctors improve their practice. Often authors join us in our podcast to give tips on putting their recommendations into practice. In this new monthly audio round-up The BMJ’s clinical editors discuss what they have learned, and how they may alter their practice. In our first audio edition, GPs Sophie Cook and Helen Macdonald, psychiatry trainee Kate Adlington, and HIV and sexual health trainee Deborah Kirkham talk about communication skills – ICE - obtaining a patient’s ideas, concerns and expectations about their health. http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3729 They also examine the lack of evidence for cardiovascular examination. http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3309 And finally, they talk about how 50% of patients with treatment resistant hypertension may actually be treatment non-adherent, and what that could mean for other conditions. http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3268