Nancy E. Cochran, MD
Associate Professor
Nan is an internist, coach, and medical educator. She teaches and coaches clinicians and students, and works with patients with opioid use disorder. She developed the clinical skills course at Dartmouth called On Doctoring, which teaches communication, teamwork, and clinical skills to Geisel medical students. She is working with a Dartmouth committee to promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive community at Geisel Medical School. She has done research in how to integrate shared decision making (SDM) into primary care settings and how to teach SDM communication skills to students and clinicians.
She did additional training in negotiation at Harvard Law School, and has been teaching public health and medical teams negotiation and conflict engagement skills since 2011. As a faculty member, Fellow, and Past President of the Academy on Communication in Healthcare, she does faculty development and consulting around the country. Her major areas of focus are negotiation and conflict engagement, responding constructively to micro-aggressions, how to create a diverse and inclusive culture, and how to build an effective team and motivate others.