Objectives We aimed to review the international literature to understand the enablers of and
barriers to effective clinical supervision in the workplace and identify the benefits of effective …

Communication skills tend to decline with time unless they are regularly recalled and
practiced. However, most medical schools still deliver clinical communication training only …

Executive summary This report presents the key findings from a literature review: to explore
the characteristics of effective clinical and peer supervision in the workplace. The aim of this …

Objective Contextual factors are known to influence the acquisition and application of
communication skills in clinical settings. Little is known about residents' perceptions of these …

Objective To understand how pharmacists develop patient-pharmacist communication skills.
Methods A realist synthesis approach was used to understand how educational …

Objective Shared decision-making (SDM) is a process of collaboration between patients and
clinicians. An increasing number of educational programs to teach SDM have been …

Background Clinical empathy has been associated with a range of positive patient-and
clinician outcomes. Educating medical students to become empathic physicians has in …

Teaching communication skills (CS) to residents during clinical practice remains
problematic. Direct observation followed by feedback is a powerful way to teach CS in …

Context Competency-based education is a resurgent paradigm in professional medical
education. However, more specific knowledge is needed about the learning process of such …

Objectives This study aimed to gain an understanding of the perceptions of 4th-year medical
students about a training course in communication skills with'experiential learning' …