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The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) has been bestowed with a grant of $42 million to launch a graduate program focused on the doctor-patient relationship.
The grant was awarded by the Bucksbaum Institute after two contrasting hospital experiences. The first was decades ago, when a physician condescendingly refused to accept Carolyn Bucksbaum's intuition, which turned out to be correct. That physician has yet to admit his error. Years later, her husband, Matthew Bucksbaum, saw Dr. Mark Siegler at UCMC. Dr. Siegler went above and beyond when treating what was supposed to be lung cancer. After it turned out to just be an infection, Dr. Siegler's palpable joy convinced the Bucksbaums that there was something valuable about a kind and concerned physician.
In fact, researchers point to evidence that claim good patient-doctor relationships correlate with better results. Patients tend to follow the advice of doctors they like. They also tend to express their illness better when the doctor gives them time in a genial, conversational atmosphere. Kinder doctors are also less likely to be sued over malpractice, just as a conflict between friends is less likely to end in legal action.
Unfortunately, too many schools focus far more on medical science and technology. This grant is designed to bring doctor kindness to the same level. Dr. Siegler, who has been a practitioner of 40 years, will head the program. One third of all UCMC students join academic faculties, so the hope is that this new philosophy will naturally make its way across the nation in coming years.
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