In veterinary medical education, it is now necessary to design competency frameworks (CFs) that list expected competencies at graduation. Three different CFs with different formats and contents have been published in Europe, such as the Day One Skills (DOS), the recommendations of the World Organization for Animal Health(OIE), and the Veterinary Professional (VetPro). In the current study, on t...

BACKGROUND Cultural competency has been espoused as an organizational strategy to reduce health disparities in care. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between hospital cultural competency and inpatient experiences with care. RESEARCH DESIGN The first model predicted Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores from hospital random effects, plus fixed ...

Background: Communication skill is considered as one of the main features of employees in the health centers. The midwives should make an influential connection with their patients in order to realize the purposes of health. Electronic training is a new method that is accessible and flexible for learning. The present study aimed to determine the impact of electronic training on communication sk...

THEME DAY I Assessing Core Competencies in Clinical Communication Julie Schirmer, LCSW, Steven Barnett, MD, M. Kim Marvel, PhD, Deborah Seymour, PsyD, Larry Mauksch, MEd What are the best practices for assessing competency in medical communication? In July 2002, residency review committees will expect residency programs to document assessment efforts of general competencies as outlined by the A...

In response to the challenge of informatization social processes, an information space and a digital educational environment emerge develop in field professional education. Purpose article: analysis ecosystem institutions. Methodology. The study analyzes electronic elements used modern ecosystem. Competencies identified by cluster competency models are presented. Findings. media as created tech...

PURPOSE Regardless of the growing importance of communication skills as a core clinical competence, few studies have determined the effects of communication skills courses in undergraduate medical curricula in Asian medical schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a communication skills program for preclinical medical students. METHODS A communication skills cour...