Specialists from medical institutions, doctors and representatives of research groups presented and discussed the introduction of modern technologies and research results into clinical practice on patient communication.

The head of the Department of Day-Patient Treatment No. 1, a nephrologist at Saint Petersburg State University Hospital Pavel Kisly spoke on the peculiarities of communication between a doctor and a patient in modern realities.

“We listed the basic principles of interaction between a doctor and a patient in the Code of Ethics of the Pirogov Clinic, which was approved and adopted in July of this year,” the expert noted.

The Code contains the following basic rules:

• The doctor has no right to directly or indirectly demonstrate his superiority with colleagues and patients;
• Discussing a patient in a negative way, especially in the presence of students, is unacceptable;
• The knowledge and skills a doctor has are not a status privilege, but a responsibility and a working tool for assistance;
• The patient is our partner, he/she is an equal participant in the treatment process and the result of treatment largely depends on him/her;
• The patient has every right to comprehensive information about everything that concerns his/her health.

A working group based at St. Petersburg State University is studying communication between a doctor and a patient. It included: representatives of the departments of psychology, sociology, economics, and legal specialties of the university, the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg State University Hospital at St. Petersburg State University and the Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The following speakers also made presentations at the event: Svetlana Apalko, head of the biobanking and translational medicine sector of St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “City Hospital No. 40”, Karina Lenskaya, professor of the Department of Pharmacology at St. Petersburg State University, Natalia Gavrilova, assistant of the Department of Theoretical Therapy at St. Petersburg State University, neurologist at Saint Petersburg State University Hospital at St. Petersburg State University, and other specialists.

Participants of the event gained an idea of modern views on the organization of healthcare in a post-pandemic reality and received up-to-date information on interaction with patients.

The round table “A Doctor and a Patient: Multidisciplinary Approach” is one of the events of QuantoriUM Young Medicine. QuantoriUM Young Medicine takes place from October 4 to 6 as part of the XI St. Petersburg International Health Forum. The organizer of QuantoriUM is the ANO SoBytie with the support of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations.