Sample Chapter
Week 5: Agenda Setting in the Outpatient Visit
Below is an example of the information contained within each week of the curriculum:
Learning Objectives
- Explain the importance of effective agenda-setting in the outpatient clinic
- Identify potential barriers to effective agenda-setting
- Demonstrate effective agenda-setting using the exhaustive “What else?” and negotiation of priorities at the outset of the encounter
- Indicate in case presentations that they have performed effective agenda-setting
Educational Material
Case Study
Week 5 Agenda Setting in the Outpatient Visit (Moderator's Version)
Jeff Stein, MD
Primary Reference
- Baker LH, O’Connell D, Platt FW. Setting the agenda for the clinical interview. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2005;143(10): 766-70. http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/143/10/766.pdf
Included Resource
- 5-step patient-centered interviewing. Adapted by Fortin AH, Stein J from: Smith RC. Patient Centered Interviewing. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

