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Episode 3: OARS Technique (Open Questioning, Affirming, Reflecting and Summarizing)

Episode 3: OARS Technique (Open Questioning, Affirming, Reflecting and Summarizing)

FromCompass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases


Episode 3: OARS Technique (Open Questioning, Affirming, Reflecting and Summarizing)

FromCompass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Dr. Stader introduces the OARS technique in an encounter with Paul who visits clinic regarding his surgeon’s wish for him to quit smoking pre-operatively. Following the encounter, Dr. Stader and Dr. Barnett dicuss how open questions, affirming patient sentiments, reflective statements and summarizing an encounter and assisting in moving a patient towards change behavior.
Released:
Oct 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (31)

The Compass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases podcast aims to provide clinicians with practical skills for managing patients on chronic opioid therapy. This 11 part podcast series introduces a framework to approaching clinical encounters with legacy patients on long term opioid therapy. Episodes highlight clinical patient scenarios through roleplaying and are followed by a discussion of the science, structure and pertinent clinical skills by Board Certified Addiction Medicine physician Dr. Donald Stader and clinical pharmacist Dr. Rachael Duncan. Episodes address initial encounters, building therapeutic alliance, reframing pain understanding, managing risk, tapering opioids, implementing common sense harm reduction, and integrating multimodal pain management alternatives to opioids into your practice among many other topics.