OBJECTIVE: In order to reduce the inconsistencies of findings and the apparent low transfer
of communication skills from training to medical practice, this narrative review identifies …

Background To assess the student perspective on acceptability, realism, and perceived
effect of communication training with peer role play (RP) and standardised patients (SP) …

Background While the literature shows the clinical value for medical practitioners of skill in
communicating with patients in an empathetic manner, objective evaluations of methods to …

Background There are growing reasons to use both information and communication
functions of learning technologies as part of clinical education, but the literature offers few …

Objectives To investigate how a virtual cultural simulation experience and guided reflection
influenced physiotherapy students' intrapersonal and interpersonal cultural empathy, and to …

Abstract Background The Communication Skills Attitudes Scale (CSAS) created by Rees,
Sheard and Davies and published in 2002 has been a widely used instrument for measuring …

Context Despite the growing use of virtual patients (VPs) in medical education, few studies
have explored the features and effectiveness of VP‐based medical communication skills …

Background Although appropriate empathy in health professionals is essential, a loss of
empathy can occur during medical education. The structure of clinical learning may be one …

Introduction Telemedicine has become part of mainstream medical practice. High quality
virtual care is a skill that will be required of many physicians. Skills required for effective …

Background In the interests of patient health outcomes, it is important for medical students to
develop clinical communication skills. We previously proposed a telehealth communication …