Communication skills training: what the vet schools are doing. (31st January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mossop, L.; Gray, C.; Blaxter, A.; Gardiner, A.; MacEachern, K.; Watson, P.; Whittlestone, K.; Robbé, I.
• Is Part Of: Veterinary record. Volume 176:Number 5(2015)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2015-01-31
• Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine vétérinaire -- Périodiques; Veterinary medicine; Veterinary Medicine; Periodicals; Periodical; Electronic journals; 636.089
• DOI: 10.1136/vr.h425
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-4900

Abstract

Abstract : Increasing emphasis is being placed on communication skills training in UK veterinary curricula, with changes and advances in teaching approaches and the assessment of skills. Here, Liz Mossop and colleagues describe how the different UK schools approach communication skills training and assessment, and consider how this teaching will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the profession and ensure students graduate 'fit to practise' in an ever more demanding environment.