Although delivering bad news is something that occurs daily in most medical practices, the
majority of clinicians have not received formal training in this essential and important …

Objective: To identify the most frequent obstacles preventing physicians from answering
their patient-care questions and the most requested improvements to clinical information …

Introduction: Clinician perceptions of patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) have
been shown to affect clinical decision making and health care delivery in this group …

The purpose of this paper, based on a 2016 Heidelberg International Conference on
Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) plenary presentation, is to examine a key problem in …

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate surgical preparation methods of medical
students, residents, and faculty with special attention to video usage. Design Following …

The purpose of this study was to explore health care professionals' perspectives on elder
abuse to achieve a better understanding of the problems of reporting and to generate ideas …

Objective Effective communication is critical in surgical practice and the Accreditation
Council on Graduate Medical Education requires a focus on interpersonal and …

Importance During the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks has become necessary,
especially within health care. However, to our knowledge, the consequences of mask …

Background: Delivering bad news is a difficult task that is important to address in medical
education. Purpose: This study evaluated the impact of an experiential educational …

OBJECTIVE: In many medical schools, formal training in clinical communication skills (CCS)
mainly occurs during pre-clinical training prior to clinical rotations. The current research …