Teaching and assessing communication skills in the postgraduate medical setting: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor communication skills can potentially compromise patient care. However, as communication skills training (CST) programs are not seen as a priority to many clinical departments, there is a discernible absence of a standardised, recommended framework for these programs to be built upon. This systematic scoping review (SSR) aims to gather prevailing data on existing CSTs to identify key factors in teaching and assessing communication skills in the postgraduate medical setting.

Methods

Independent searches across seven bibliographic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, ERIC, CINAHL, Scopus and Google Scholar) were carried out. Krishna's Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA) was used to guide concurrent thematic and content analysis of the data. The themes and

SUBMITTER: Tan XH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431930 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature