Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Patients rely on the way that doctors communicate with one another to facilitate and maximise their care. The community based setting serves as an ideal learning environment for medical students to monitor this interaction and enhance intra-professional communication skills. Should this vital area of communication become an active part of the undergraduate medical curriculum?
Highlights
Patients rely on the way that doctors communicate with one another to facilitate and maximise their care
The community based setting serves as an ideal learning environment for medical students to monitor this interaction and enhance intra-professional communication skills
We do so with a written or verbal communication accompanying them, the contents of which may vary greatly. We hope that this communication will serve as a guide, carry the relevant message to the intended recipient and answer questions for healthcare providers and patients
Summary
Community based medical education as a driver for enhancing intra-professional communication skills for medical students Patients rely on the way that doctors communicate with one another to facilitate and maximise their care. The community based setting serves as an ideal learning environment for medical students to monitor this interaction and enhance intra-professional communication skills. It seems that the patient exists in two spheres of medicine: community based care and hospital based care.
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