I'm clear, you're clear, we're all clear: improving consultation communication skills in undergraduate medical education.
Acad Med
; 88(6): 753-8, 2013 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23619069
ABSTRACT
Requesting and providing consultations are daily occurrences in most teaching hospitals. With increased attention on transitions of care in light of the recent scrutiny of duty hours, consultations and other interphysician interactions, such as handoffs, are becoming increasingly important. As modern medicine increases in complexity, the skill of communicating with medical colleagues throughout the continuum of care becomes more challenging. Like many of the other skills acquired by medical students, consultation communication is often learned by casual observation and through trial and error. Without formal training, however, miscommunications will continue to occur, nearly ensuring that medical errors happen. Interphysician communication skills, therefore, need to be emphasized in undergraduate and graduate medical education instead of being left to happenstance or hit-or-miss practice. In this article, the authors review two models for understanding and teaching the consultation process--5Cs and PIQUED--both of which were developed for specific subsets of learners. They then combine the two to create a consultation model that may be more widely applied.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Referral and Consultation
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Communication
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Acad Med
Journal subject:
EDUCACAO
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States