Background: Communication is a core competency of medical professionals and of utmost
importance for patient safety. Although medical curricula emphasize communication training …

Background: Researchers are currently discussing the need for consensus on a core set of
outcome measures to assess interventions in aphasia. For indirect, environmental …

Background Role plays and standardized patients are often used in medical education and
have proven to be effective tools for enhancing the communication skills of medical students …

Background Education is facing a number of increasingly serious challenges, in line with the
evolution of the world's paradigm of what education means. One of the most significant …

Objective Empathy scores have been found to decline over the years spent in medical
school. The authors aimed to evaluate the change in empathy levels in medical students …

Abstract Background Interpersonal Communication Skills (IPCS) are one of the core clinical
skills that should be developed by the Public Health Midwives (PHMs), who are grass-root …

Background: Educators utilize real patients, simulated patients (SP), and student role play
(RP) in communication skills training (CST) in medical curricula. The chosen modality may …

Communication skills in pharmacy education and practice are increasingly regarded as a
crucial component. However, thus far, estimating of the overall communication skills training …

Timeliness and precision for detection of infectious animal disease outbreaks from the
information published on the web is crucial for prevention against their spread. The work in …

Objective The objective structured examination is one of the most valid, reliable, and
effective tools for assessing clinical and communication skills, often by use of standard …