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A Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish consensus on a core communication curriculum for undergraduate medical
Cristina García de Leonardo1, Roger Ruiz-Moral2, Fernando Caballero2
1Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Facultad de Medicina, Edificio E, Ctra Pozuelo-Majadahonda, Km 1,800, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain. c.garcia.prof@ufv.es.
Background:
To present learning outcomes in clinical communication for a Core Curriculum for medical undergraduate students in Latin America, Portugal and Spain (LAPS-CCC) and to establish an expert network to support a transnational implementation.
Methods:
Through an iterative process, an international group of 15 experts developed an initial set of learning outcomes following a review and discussion of relevant international and local literature. A two-round Delphi survey involving 46 experts from 8 countries was performed. Quantative and qualitative analisis permited the definition of the final consensus.
Results:
The initial proposal included 157 learning outcomes. The Delphi process generated 734 comments and involved the modification, deletion and addition of some outcomes. At the end of the process, a consensus was reached on 136 learning outcomes grouped under 6 competency domains with a high overall acceptance (95.1 %).
Conclusions:
The learning outcomes of this proposal provide a guide to introduce, support and develop communication curriculae for undergraduate medical studies in the countries involved or in other Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking countries.
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