Published in Patient education and counseling
Assess associations between medical students' reflective ability demonstrated in written narratives, and communication skills demonstrated later in simulated-patient breaking bad news interactions. We analyzed 66 medical students' reflective ability, using 'REFLECT' rubric and four newly developed parameters: Noticing Explanations provided to patie...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundThe doctor-patient relationship in China has deteriorated in recent years, and poor doctor-patient communication is one of the main reasons. How to effectively carry out doctor-patient communication training originated from the West among Chinese medical students still to be studied. In the past decade, Peking Union Medical College has ad...
Published in Patient education and counseling
This study explores whether an Experiential Training Programme (ETP) in communication skills (CS) improves students' ability to identify patients clues compared to those who follow a non-experiential training throughout their medical studies. Intervention Group (IG): 85 4th-year medical students who received the ETP and Control Group (CG): 67 recen...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundCommunication skills (CS) are vital for doctors. Indeed, as the most important element of consultations, are highly valued by patients. CS are core, teachable skills, however, have not been widely taught in South Asian medical schools, unlike their western counterparts.Patan Academy of Health Sciences, is one of the first in Nepal to have...
Published in Musculoskeletal Science & Practice
• This paper describes 12 interactional features in opening a virtual consultation. • Offering, rather than giving advice, can help build a two-way conversation. • Subtleties in phrasing and prosody when closing a call may indicate satisfaction. • Different communication is needed in remote and face-to-face consultations.
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundInterpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS) and Professionalism milestones are challenging to evaluate during medical training. Paucity in proficiency, direction and validity evidence of assessment tools of these milestones warrants further research. We validated the reliability of the previously-piloted Instrument for Communication skil...
Published in Patient education and counseling
Reflective practice is encouraged in medical education in general and in teaching communication skills in particular to develop into a reflective practitioner. However, the term is complex to understand and multidimensional thus challenging to grasp, describe and teach. Furthermore, though used frequently little guidance exists on how to promote re...
Published in Patient education and counseling
Communication between patients and end-of-life care providers requires sensitivity given the context and complexity involved. This systematic review uses a narrative approach to synthesise clinicians' understandings of communication in end-of-life care. A systematic, narrative synthesis approach was adopted given the heterogeneity across the 83 inc...
Published in Journal of surgical education
Communication skills are key components of the patient-physician relationship, yet are not routinely taught during residency. Institutional data demonstrates 75% of residents regularly encounter difficult communication scenarios. This study's objective is to develop and pilot a communications didactic/skills training program for Obstetrics & Gyneco...
Published in Advances in Simulation
BackgroundThere is an international drive to increase human factors training in undergraduate medical curricula through various educational platforms. E-learning can be effective at teaching technical skills but there is limited research exploring the benefits of e-learning in human factors training. This study aimed to utilise hybrid simulation to...
