title: Teaching dental students how to deliver bad news: S-P-I-K-E-S model.
abstract: Delivering bad news has traditionally been associated with life-threatening illness, the imminence of death, or communicating about the death of a loved one to a family member. The delivery of bad news in dentistry is rarely about life-threatening circumstances. However, the impact of the bad news such as the loss of an anterior tooth can be devastating for the patient. This article outlines the S-P-I-K-E-S protocol and discusses the teaching aims and methodology in applying the model in an undergraduate dental program in Ireland.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University College Cork, UCC Wilton, Cork, Munster, Ireland. s.curtin@ucc.ie
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McConnell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000193:education; D003142:Communication; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D032882:Comprehension; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education; D004497:Education, Dental; D004644:Emotions; D004645:Empathy; D004777:Environment; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012381:Role Playing; D013335:Students, Dental; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014342:Truth Disclosure