title: A European consensus on learning objectives for a core communication curriculum in health care professions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop learning objectives for a core communication curriculum for all health care professions and to survey the acceptability and suitability of the curriculum for undergraduate European health care education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Learning objectives for a Health Professions Core Communication Curriculum (HPCCC) in undergraduate education were developed based on international literature and expert knowledge by an international group of communication experts representing different health care professions. A Delphi process technique was used to gather feedback and to provide a consensus from various health care disciplines within Europe.
  
  
  RESULTS
  121 communication experts from 15 professional fields and 16 European countries participated in the consensus process. The overall acceptance of the core communication curriculum was high. 61 core communication objectives were rated on a five-point scale and found to be relevant for undergraduate education in health care professions. A thematic analysis revealed the benefits of the HPCCC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on a broad European expert consensus, the Health Professions Core Communication Curriculum can be used as a guide for teaching communication inter- and multi-professionally in undergraduate education in health care. It can serve for curriculum development and support the goals of the Bologna process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. c.bachmann@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Cadja
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abramovitch
authors.forename: Carmen Gabriela
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Barbu
authors.forename: Afonso Miguel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cavaco
authors.forename: Rosario Dago
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Elorza
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haak
authors.forename: Elizabete
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ratajska
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winterburn
authors.forename: Marcy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005060:Europe; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations