DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONSULTATION MODELS COMPARED

Title Your Name Subject and Section Professor’s Name Date The consultation models are frameworks that allow doctor-patient conversations to be structured. Evolved over several decades, these models provide remarkable guidance on how health communication can be furthered. These include different techniques — from the psychological aspects of consultations to the concrete steps for concretizing interpersonal communication (Denness, 2013). The Balint Model considers the feelings of both the physician and the patient during the consultation and promotes open communication via attentive listening. It is an open system without a specific structure (Denness, 2013). In contrast, the six-stage Byrne-Long Model is structured and follows a logical approach. The stages are as follows: establishing rapport, clarifying the patient's reasons, conducting clinical assessment by the physician, considering the problem by the physician, planning formulation, and finally, ending the consultation (Denness, 2013). Like the Byrne-Long Model, Pendleton's Model, also known as Model 1984, outlines seven man...