Journal article
General principles to consider when designing a clinical communication assessment program
Patient education and counseling, Vol.100(9), pp.1762-1768
09/01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.027
PMID: 28396057
Abstract
Objectives: Assessment of clinical communication helps teachers in healthcare education determine whether their learners have acquired sufficient skills to meet the demands of clinical practice. The aim of this paper is to give input to educators when planning how to incorporate assessment into clinical communication teaching by building on the authors' experience and current literature.
Methods: A summary of the relevant literature within healthcare education is discussed, focusing on what and where to assess, how to implement assessment and how to choose appropriate methodology.
Results: Establishing a coherent approach to teaching, training, and assessment, including assessing communication in the clinical context, is discussed. Key features of how to implement assessment are presented including: establishing a system with both formative and summative approaches, providing feedback that enhances learning and establishing a multi-source and longitudinal assessment program.
Conclusions: The implementation of a reliable, valid, credible, feasible assessment method with specific educational relevance is essential for clinical communication teaching.
Practice implications: All assessment methods have strengths and limitations. Since assessment drives learning, assessment should be aligned with the purpose of the teaching program. Combining the use of different assessment formats, multiple observations, and independent measurements in different settings is advised. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- General principles to consider when designing a clinical communication assessment program
- Creators
- Claudia Kiessling - Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor FontaneZoi Tsimtsiou - Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGeurt Essers - Leiden UniversityMarc van Nuland - KU LeuvenTor Anvik - UiT The Arctic University of NorwayMaria M. Bujnowska-Fedak - Wroclaw Medical UniversityRichard Hovey - Division of Oral Health & Society, Montreal, CanadaRagnar Joakimsen - UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNoelle Junod Perron - Univ Geneva, Unit Dev & Res Med Educ, Geneva Fac Med, Geneva, SwitzerlandMarcy Rosenbaum - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineJonathan Silverman - University of Cambridge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Patient education and counseling, Vol.100(9), pp.1762-1768
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.027
- PMID
- 28396057
- ISSN
- 0738-3991
- eISSN
- 1873-5134
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984297454102771
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