The transition of health care in the United States from volume to value requires a systems-based approach aligning clinical services across the continuum of care. The ability to communicate effectively and resolve conflict is a critical skill within the systems-based model. Recognizing the essential role of communication in medicine, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education has d...

We describe project deLearyous, in which the goal is to develop a proof-of-concept of a serious game that will assist in the training of communication skills following the Interpersonal Circumplex (also known as Leary’s Rose) –a framework for interpersonal communication. Users will interact with the application using unconstrained written natural language input and will engage in conversation w...

The present study of a Japanese sample used a prospective approach to examine the relationship between self-rated social problem-solving ability and quality of interpersonal relationships. The Japanese versions of the Problem-Solving self-efficacy scale, problem-solving skills scale, and the interpersonal relationship inventory short form were administered to 139 female and 148 male Japanese co...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To determine which skills are most important to clinicians and how they correlate with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies. PATIENTS AND METHODS A descriptive analysis to test four hypotheses: specific skill sets are likely to be important/mandatory for residents to obtain during training; comprehensive and subspecialist ophthalmo...