What and how are students taught about communicating risks to patients? Analysis of a medical curriculum.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Communication is a core competence in medical care. Failure of physicians to properly communicate inherent risks of medical interventions has been linked with inadequate training at school. This study analyses a medical curriculum for assessing the content and quality of teaching risk communication to students. METHODS:A checklist based on the national guidelines of core competencies on risk communication required of physicians was developed. Participant observers surveyed all teaching sessions at a medical school during a semester to record the frequency, characteristics and clinical context used by lectures during classes. Data were analyzed using statistical and descriptive methods to determine the prevalence and quality of teaching content. RESULTS:231 teaching sessions were

SUBMITTER: Baessler F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259606 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature