The Karnieli-Miller Communication and Professionalism Lab
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
The Department of Medical Education
The Karnieli-Miller Communication
and Professionalism Lab
Humanistic Medical Education Research
The Department of Medical Education,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University
About Our Lab
The communication and professionalism lab is located in the Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. The goals of the lab are to enhance medical students' and health professionals' development and identify formation as attentive, sensitive, caring practitioners.
To achieve this, the lab team, headed by Prof. Orit Karnieli-Miller, focuses on teaching and studying medical students' and physicians' values, knowledge, and competencies. The lab focuses on studying and teaching interpersonal skills and communication skills in medicine, concentrating on breaking bad news and shared decision-making, professionalism in medicine, and the development of physicians' reflective ability.
The research is oriented toward developing the teaching of communication in healthcare, understanding the needs of the different populations involved (physicians, medical students, patients, family members), and building a theoretical understanding of the dynamics present in physician–patient and physician–patient–family member interactions, as well as students' learning processes while coping with this material.
The lab members include experts and students from diverse backgrounds (social science, medicine, health professions) applying qualitative and quantitative studies.
Main Research Interests
Recent Publications
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Neufeld-Kroszynski, G., Michael, K. & Karnieli-Miller, O., (2024)
Associations between medical students’ stress, academic burnout and moral courage efficacy.
BMC Psychology 12, 296.
03.
Karnieli-Miller, O., Palombo, M., Laor, N., (2023).
The hidden curriculum of breaking bad news: Identification of three dimensions and Four communication patterns.
Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 1842-1851 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107807
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Karnieli-Miller, O., Divon-Ophir, O., Sagi, D., Pessach-Gelblum, L., Ziv, A., & Rozental, L. (2022).
More than just an entertainment show: Identification of medical clowns’ communication skills and therapeutic goals.
Qualitative Health Research.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/10497323221139781
02.
Gutgeld-Dror, M., Laor, N., & Karnieli-Miller, O. (2023). Assertiveness in physicians’ interpersonal professional encounters: A scoping review.
Medical Education. https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.15222
04.
Gilbey, P., Moffat, M., Sharabi-Nov, A., Cohen, O., Neufeld-Kroszynski, G. Karnieli-Miller, O., Gillis, R., Urkin, J., & Moscovici, K.
Burnout in Israeli Medical Students: A National Survey.
BMC Medical Education. 23, Article number: 55 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04037-2
Current ongoing and past research grants
2015-2016
Assessing Professionalism and Communication Skills Development during Medical School: A cross sectional exploratory study
PI
The Margaret Stultz, Sackler School of Medicine
2015-2017
Organizational and inter-organizational dimensions of health information exchanges in Israel
CI (PI- Bruce Rosen)
The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research
2014-2016
Identifying best practices for communication challenges of medical clowns with patients parents, adolescent patients and medical teams
PI (CI - Amitai Ziv)
The Magi Foundation, Dream Doctors
2014-2016
Using narrative writing on breaking bad news encounters to improve the communication skills of medical professionals in cancer care
PI (CI – Dafna Meitar)
Israel Cancer Association
2014-2016
Encouragement for writing grants due to high scoring of ISF application
PI
Tel Aviv University Research Authority
Prof. Orit Karnieli-Miller, PhD
Team
Head of the Department of Medical Education,
Dr. Sol Amsterdam & Dr. David P. Schumann Endowed Chair of Medical Education,
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
She received her PhD in Social Work with a specialty in communication in healthcare. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Regenstrief Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine, focusing on professionalism and humanism in healthcare.
Throughout her academic career, Prof. Karnieli-Miller focused on enhancing patient-centered care with expertise in the field of:
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“breaking bad news”,
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multi-participant conversations (patient-physician-companion),
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professionalism in medicine
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and reflective practice.
Prof. Karnieli-Miller is the director of communication skills training in the faculty of medicine in Tel Aviv University.
She recently received the honor of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare Payer Award for “outstanding contributions to the literature on the theory, practice and teaching of effective healthcare communication and related skills.”
Prof. Karnieli-Miller has been awarded numerous significant research grants and has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals within the field of medical education and communication in healthcare.
Resources
Orit Karnieli-Miller discusses her Professional Formation module, The Hidden Curriculum and Professional Formation with interviewer, Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD
HAMALKA - (In Hebrew)
A model for dealing with emotions and providing empathy based and modified from n.u.r.s.e Smith, Francesca & Fortin
Disscusing Karnieli-Miller, O. Palombo, M. Meitar, D See, Reflect, Learn more: Qualitative Analysis of Breaking Bad News Reflective Narratives
Developed by Prof. Karnieli-Miller, based on the SPwICES model.
In the news
Orit Karnieli-Miller discusses Karnieli-Miller et al., More than just an entertainment show: Identification of medical clowns’ communication skills and therapeutic goals.
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Contact
The Department of Medical Education
The Faculty of Medicine
Tel Aviv University
Israel