Background: Medical regulatory organizations worldwide require competency in
communication skills. Pediatric communication competencies are unique, and little is known …

Background Effective communication is an essential element of medical care and a priority
of medical education. Specific interventions to teach communication skills are at the …

Objective To determine current practices for communication skills curriculum and
assessment in pediatric residency programs and to identify programs' greatest needs …

Background Delivering effective clinical pediatric communication skills training to
undergraduate medical students is a distinct and important challenge. Pediatric-specific …

Objective: To design a structured curriculum concerning issues of communication with
patients and families for use during training of pediatric residents. Background: The stimulus …

BACKGROUND: The ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public
is a critical skill for the medical professional and has been directly related to the outcomes of …

Physicians' interpersonal and communication skills have a significant impact on patient care
and correlate with improved healthcare outcomes. Some studies suggest, however, that …

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 …

Purpose A substantial body of literature demonstrates that communication skills in medicine
can be taught and retained through teaching and practice. Considerable evidence also …

Background and Objectives: This paper describes the content and methods used to teach
communication skills in Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century (UME-21) …