An educational intervention to facilitate appropriate subspecialty referrals: a study assessing resident communication skills.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our goal was to improve pediatric residents' advanced communication skills in the setting of referral to address the entrustable professional activity of subspecialty referral identified by the American Board of Pediatrics. To accomplish this aim, we created a referral and consultation curriculum to teach and assess core communication skills in subspecialty referral involving an adolescent with syncope, an anxiety-provoking symptom that is rarely associated with serious pathology.

Methods

We utilized blended multimodal educational interventions to improve resident communication skills in referral of patients. Trainees participated in 1) an interactive online module on syncope focusing on "red-flag" symptoms that would warrant a subspecialty cardiology referral and

SUBMITTER: Stave EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270829 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature