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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness
Published on: August 1, 2017
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Assessment of communication skills
Cees van der Vleuten1, Valerie van den Eertwegh2, Esther Giroldi3
1Maastricht University, Department of Educational Development and Research, School of Health Professions Education(SHE), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Patient Education and Counseling
|July 29, 2019
Summary
Effective communication skills are best learned through practice and feedback. Programmatic assessment prioritizes learning, integrating skills for clinical settings and informing progression decisions.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Communication Skills Training
Background:
- Assessing communication skills is crucial for effective clinical practice.
- Learning and assessment are intrinsically linked, influencing educational strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe optimal methods for assessing communication skills.
- To outline how communication skills are best learned.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal learning with authentic practice and direct observation.
- Feedback-oriented individual assessments within a programmatic approach.
- Utilizing assessment data for group or committee progression decisions.
Main Results:
- Skilled communication is developed through practice, confrontation of behavior, and meaningful feedback.
- A modern, programmatic assessment approach prioritizes the learning function.
- Integrated skilled communication is versatile and applicable in clinical settings.
Conclusions:
- Programmatic assessment aligns well with the learning process of skilled communication.
- Implementing this approach represents a significant innovation in medical education.
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