A Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish consensus on a core communication curriculum for undergraduate medical education

Background: To present learning outcomes in clinical communication for a Core Curriculum for medical undergraduate students in Latin America, Portugal and Spain (LAPS-CCC) and to establish an expert network to support a transnational implementation. Methods: Through an iterative process, an internat...

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Authors: Garcia de Leonardo, Cristina, Ruiz-Moral, Roger, Caballero, Fernando, Cavaco, Afonso, Moore, Philippa, Paula Dupuy, Lila, Pithon-Cyrino, Antonio [UNESP], Teresa Cortes, Ma, Gorostegui, Marilen, Loureiro, Elizabete, Bosch Fontcuberta, Josep Ma, Casasbuenas Duarte, Luis, Kretzer, Lara, Arrighi, Emilia, Jovell, Albert, Participants Consensus Panel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/158772
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0610-8
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/158772
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Physician patient communication
Interpersonal skills
Health communication
Delphi technique
Consensus method
Medical education
Medical curriculum
Learning outcomes
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Summary:Background: To present learning outcomes in clinical communication for a Core Curriculum for medical undergraduate students in Latin America, Portugal and Spain (LAPS-CCC) and to establish an expert network to support a transnational implementation. Methods: Through an iterative process, an international group of 15 experts developed an initial set of learning outcomes following a review and discussion of relevant international and local literature. A two-round Delphi survey involving 46 experts from 8 countries was performed. Quantative and qualitative analisis permited the definition of the final consensus. Results: The initial proposal included 157 learning outcomes. The Delphi process generated 734 comments and involved the modification, deletion and addition of some outcomes. At the end of the process, a consensus was reached on 136 learning outcomes grouped under 6 competency domains with a high overall acceptance (95.1 %). Conclusions: The learning outcomes of this proposal provide a guide to introduce, support and develop communication curriculae for undergraduate medical studies in the countries involved or in other Spanish-or Portuguese-speaking countries.

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