Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency Assessment in ID programs

Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency Assessment in ID programs

Assessment of a 360-degree instrument to evaluate residents' competency in interpersonal and communication skills.

OBJECTIVE To test the reliability of the 360-degree evaluation instrument for assessing residents' competency in interpersonal and communication skills. METHOD Ten-item questionnaires were distributed to residents and evaluators at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey, in March/April, 2002. The scoring scale was 1-5; the highest score was 50. Data were maintained strictly confid...

Teaching interpersonal and communication skills.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandates that radiology residency programs provide instruction and assessment in six core competencies. Among these are professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, and patient care. Although no one contests the importance of these competencies, many faculty members, program directors, and residents express uncertainty about h...

Assessment of Interpersonal Communication Skills Among Sari Health Centers’ Staff

BACKGROUND AND AIM Ability to communicate correctly has been one of the life's basic social skills and its significance in human life is to some extent that some of the experts attribute the human growth foundation owners of the leading personal injuries and progress to human relationship. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the interpersonal communication skills among the health care centers...

Domain of competence: Interpersonal and communication skills.

From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Board of Pediatrics, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, or the Academic Pediatric Association. ...