Physicians Talking With Their Domestic Partners About Patients -

? Health care institutions often require that physicians and medical students click through annual online modules or attend lectures about HIPAA.

- But do these tutorials help a physician know what to say to a partner after making a mistake with a patient?

- How to talk about a patient death?

- How to share their lives at work with the ones they love?

? Physicians may benefit from accessing spaces independent of their partners, such as process groups with colleagues or counseling sessions with mental health professionals where they can speak in confidence, potentially taking some of the burden off their partners and themselves.