The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Communication Skills

Download or read book The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Communication Skills written by Muhammed Akunjee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is increasingly recognised that communication plays a pivotal role in obtaining successful clinical outcomes. However, despite an increase in communication skills teaching, much of literature on this topic is targeted at senior doctors and researchers, and many medical students still find demonstrating competence in communication skills OSCEs a challenge. This book lightens the load by simplifying communication skills, explaining key theories and concepts simply and illustrating them through practical role plays. It covers a wide variety of common dilemmas in clinical and examination settings, and tackles challenging and increasingly familiar areas such as cross-cultural sensitivities, communicating with a patients whose first language is not English, and communicating with patients who have complaints about their treatment.