RESOURCES

Communication Skills for Physicians

Patient-Doctor Communication Skills Pocket Cards

These patient-doctor communication pocket skills cards are downloadable to smart phones with Adobe PDF readers or Dropbox. Just click on the pocket card and save it to your device.

The Importance of Communication Skills in Medicine

• Research Evidence on the Importance of Communication Skills in Medicine

More on the Medical Interview

• Patient-Centred Clinical Method (Acrobat)
• Patient-Centred Clinical Method - Using FIFE - To Illicit the Patient's Perspective on Illness (Acrobat)
• Expressing Empathy to Patients (Acrobat

The "Communicator" Competency in Medical Education

• The CanMEDS Communicator Competency (Acrobat)
• "Communicator" Competency and Family Medicine (Acrobat)

Useful Videos and Books

• Videos
• Books

Using Simulated-Patients in Teaching