Development of a self-assessment tool for resident doctors’ communication skills in India

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Effective communication skills are essential for resident doctors to provide optimum patient care. This study was conducted to develop and validate a questionnaire for the self-assessment of resident doctors’ communication skills in India.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods study conducted in 2 phases. The first phase consisted of questionnaire development, including the identification of relevant literature, focus group discussions with residents and experts from clinical specialties, and pre-testing of the questionnaire. The second phase involved administering the questionnaire survey to 95 residents from the Departments of Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India in April 2019. Internal co

SUBMITTER: Baitha U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635607 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature