"Patients Are the People Who Teach Me the Most": Exploring the Development of Communication Skills During Internal Medicine Residency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physician-patient communication training is a vital component of medical education, yet physicians do not always achieve the communication expertise expected of them. Despite extensive literature on the efficacy of various training interventions, little is known about how residents believe they learn to communicate.

Objective

To understand residents' perspectives on the development of their communication skills.

Methods

Between November 2020 and January 2021 recruitment emails were sent to all 225 internal medicine residents at the University of Toronto; one-on-one interviews were conducted with 15 residents. Participants were asked to reflect on communication skills development. Interviews were conducted and analyzed using constructivist grounded theory.

SUBMITTER: Burke G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934842 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature