Evaluating communication with parents in paediatric patient encounters: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breaking bad news and dealing with difficult patient encounters is a skill that medical residents must learn during their curriculum. Many different tools are available to measure communication quality, but their development and validation processes are often missing. In this paper, we present the protocol of a systematic review aiming to identify the validated tools for measuring communication skills or communication effectiveness with parents in a paediatrics setting in general, including for difficult patient encounters.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct our systematic review in accordance with the methodology suggested by COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) and will report this paper following the guideli

SUBMITTER: Cusson O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8378350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature