About Us: RIAS Toolbox

Various applications of the RIAS include:

• Analysis of interactions across medical and health care contexts, including:
            o Adult primary care
            o Emergency medicine
            o OB/GYN
            o Family planning
            o Surgical visits
            o Oncology
            o Pediatrics
            o Dentistry
            o Veterinary medicine
            o Genetics counseling
            o Telemedicine
            o Nursing
            o Mental health
            o Podiatry
            o Adolescent Medicine
            o Psychiatry

• Analysis of multiple speaker dyads (e.g., primary doctor-patient; primary doctor-3rd party; veterinarian-client; pediatrician-parent; pediatrician-child; medical assistant-patient; nurse-3rd party)

• Communication skills training programs, including residency and medical student training, and CME programs.

• Second language interactions, including interactions in Spanish, Japanese, etc.

• Sequence analysis

• Thin-slice analysis