The development of patient-centered communicative skills in medical university

Abstract

The article is devoted to the main ways of patient-centered communicative skills formation in medical school classroom. Authors analyze the main issues of this process and evaluate various methodical approaches to it. It‘s found out that only active educational model solves the problem of students‘ motivation in developing of patient-centered communicative skills. It makes clear the limitations of everyday communicative experience in professional conversation. Authors conclude that active education, based on the Calgary-Cambridge model of counseling, transforms the teacher‘s role totally, from the conductor of information to the tutor guiding students in their research.