Implementing an assessment-based communication skills training in pre-clinical phase: an IMU experience.
This article describes the communication skills programme of the International Medical University, which adopts an integrated medical curriculum. The programme, implemented in February 2005, is based on a systematic framework aimed at teaching students basic interpersonal communication skills progressively and continuously throughout the pre-clinical phase.
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Behavioural Sciences Section, International Medical University, Plaza Komanwel, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
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Mohamadou
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D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014495:Universities