Practice in Communications

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6014460FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Pass/Non pass

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie

Department

Supporting clinical sciences

Educational team

Koen Pardon (course titular)
Hubert Van Puyenbroeck
Ann Roex
Steve Elens
Axelle Denolf

Activities and contact hours

5 contact hours Lecture
25 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
20 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The content is adapted to the individual needs of the resident. Specifically, each resident consults with het teacher and selects four subjects. The aim is to select the subjects that will be most useful for the professional career of the resident, taking account of the chosen speciality and his of her individual communication strengths and weaknesses.

Subjects that are often selected include physician-patient conversations (ranging from a routine consultation, a procedure under local anaesthesia, communicating a diagnosis with a poor prognosis, discussing DNR-codes, a request for euthanasia, motivational interviewing, ....), conversations with colleagues and other caretakers (giving or receiving orders, feedback, ...) and presentations, for instance for an international conference.

The content is limited to oral communication and the selected subjects must contribute to the learning goals that have been agreed upon by the four Flemish universities:

− Correct, efficient and humane emphatic communication with patients;

− Adequately providing feedback and being able to receive feedback;

− Correct and goal oriented deliberation with colleagues and other (medical an non-medical) caretakers.

For each of the chosen subjects the resident follows the same procedure:

- Review of the literature;

- Recording at least one relevant conversation or presentation;

- Analysis of the recording;

- Discussion of the literature review, recording and analysis with the teacher, individually or in a small group of residents.

Additional info

Relevant scientific literature

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

− Correct, efficient and humane emphatic communication with patients;

− Adequately providing feedback and being able to receive feedback;

− Correct and goal oriented deliberation with colleagues and other (medical an non-medical) caretakers.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

paper maken with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: paper

Additional info regarding evaluation

Portfolio and discussion of same

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

Practice in Communications - part 2

General competencies

Academic context