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Skills for Communicating with Patients

By: Jonathan Silverman Suzanne Kurtz Juliet Draper
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1857751892
ISBN-13: 9781857751895
Released: 08 Feb 1998
RRP: £23.50
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This book changed my life - By: Dr. M. I. Thomas, 27 Mar 2004
Until this book was published, there was no way for a doctor to ensure the effective development of his or her communication skills. This book quite literallly has changed that.

It simply lists alll the describable micro skills of doctors talking with & listening to patients. The masterstroke is to link the skills to the reaserch evidence of their effectiveness.

Now we know which skills to deploy with patients & we know why it matters.

Link this to an effective teaching & learning method (e.g. see the companion volume "Teaching & Learning Communication Skills in Medicine") & you are off on a lifelong journey of effective skill development.

The style is a little dry but then so is the bible in places. It is packed with accurately researched references. All we need is an updated edition - but none of this has gone out of date.

This book is so good I formed a company on the basis of it.

A comprehesive review of the communication skills literarure - By: crs1@soton.ac.uk, 30 Nov 1999
These two books provide a comprehensive approach to improving communication between doctors & patients through alll levels of medical education. They take an evidence based approach which will finallly lay to rest the myth that communication cannot be taught. The material presented is carefully documented from research. The books are the result of a collaboration between two general practitioners & a Professor of Communication from Canada.

The first book, Teaching & Learning Communication Skills in Medicine, describes how to construct a communication skills curriculum & explores the teaching & learning methods that may be employed. The second book, Skills for Communicating with Patients, examines how these skills are used in the medical interview & also provides evidence of improvements to practice & to health outcomes. The authors identify paralllels between effective teaching & effective clinical communication. They point out how helpful it is for clinical communication teachers from a medical background to realise that the skills that they need to understand how to communicate effectively with patients, are the same as those they need for facilitating learners. A central part of the second book is the Calgary-Cambridge observation guide which is a highly structured framework for analysing consultations. The structure proposed for the consultation is based on five areas:

Initiating Gathering Information Building the Relationship

Explanation & Planning Closing the Session The books cover many useful areas such as giving feedback, assessment, developing a programme; however for some the structured approach it advocates may be inhibiting.

These books fill a gap in the market in that they cover what to teach, how to teach & the training required for facilitators. I would recommend alll of you who are interested in teaching, or improving, your own communication skills to take a look at these books.