Feasibility and acceptability of virtually coaching residents on communication skills: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing communication skills is a key competency for residents. Coaching, broadly accepted as a training modality in medical education, has been proven a successful tool for teaching communication skills. Little research is available thus far to investigate virtual coaching on communication skills for telemedicine encounters. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that virtually coaching residents on communication skills is feasible and acceptable. We surveyed 21 resident-faculty pairs participating in a "fully virtual" coaching session (patient, coach, and resident were virtual).

Methods

We asked 50 neurology resident-faculty coach pairs to complete one "fully virtual" coaching session between May 20 and August 31, 2020. After each session, the re

SUBMITTER: Sasnal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478605 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature