Pretraining and Posttraining Assessment of Residents' Performance in the Fourth Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competency: Patient Communication Skills
Chandawarkar RY, Ruscher KA, Krajewski A, Garg M, Pfeiffer C, Singh R, Longo WE, Kozol RA, Lesnikoski B, Nadkarni P. Pretraining and Posttraining Assessment of Residents' Performance in the Fourth Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competency: Patient Communication Skills. JAMA Surgery 2011, 146: 916-921. PMID: 21844435, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient communication skillsStandardized patient instructorsCancer scoreRating Scale scoresBreast cancer scoreMaster Interview Rating ScalePatient instructorsResidents' communication skillsInstitutional review boardGeneral surgery residentsMimic patientsRectal cancerProspective studyScale scoreSurgical residents' abilityPatient communicationMedian scoreCommunication skillsReview boardBaseline surveyRating ScaleGeneral communication skillsSurgery residentsGraduate Medical Education competenciesRank test