OBJECTIVE: Communication skills represent an essential component of clinical
competence. In the field of pediatrics, communication between physicians and patients' …

OBJECTIVE: To address the need for interventions to enhance parent–provider
communication, the present study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief intervention to …

This article reports the development and evaluation of a physician–parent communication
skills training program designed to improve communication regarding antibiotic prescribing …

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to dynamically engage with parents and carers of children
treated in a large children's hospital as experts by experience, to find out what they thought …

Objective To assess the communication and interviewing skills of incoming residents and
provide formative feedback to residents early in their training. Design New residents …

Background: Good communication skills and rapport building are considered the cardinal
tools for developing a patient-doctor relationship. A positive, healthy competition among …

OBJECTIVES: Considering the expense of standardized patients (SP) for training
communication skills and the convenience of peer role playing (RP) there is a surprising …

Rationale Research related to effective communication between children/parents and
medical providers is limited. Objective To review interventions seeking to improve …

Background Effective communication has been shown to increase patient satisfaction. The
objective of this study was to describe communication strategies employed by physicians …

Background Inter‐specialty clinicians often co‐lead family conferences for hospitalised
patients. Families frequently report receiving different messages from different clinicians. We …