The impact of different modalities for activating patients in a community health center setting
This article explores the use of decision aids (DA) and the RQI-developed Patient Activation Intervention (PAI) to improve patient activation.…
Educators Want Students To Ask The Questions
The classic model of teaching is leading students by asking questions. It’s often called The Socratic Method, after the ancient…
Are we asking the right questions?
Questions have surprising power to improve our lives, say a group of thinkers, if only we take the trouble to figure out how they work.
Sharing the Power of the Question
Here’s a curious way to think about whole child education: we should dwell on all that a student does not…
Did Socrates Get it Wrong?
A couple of months ago I gave the opening talk (14 minutes) for a day long TEDxSomerville (MA) event. There…
Setting Off and Sustaining Sparks of Curiosity and Creativity
In the summer of 2010, Newsweek pronounced—on its cover no less—that the United States was suffering from a “Creativity Crisis.” The coauthors…