How do Swiss medical schools prepare their students to become good communicators in their future professional careers: a questionnaire and interview study involving medical graduates, teachers and curriculum coordinators

Junod Perron, Noëlle Astrid; Klöckner Cronauer, C; Hautz, S C; Schnabel, K P; Breckwoldt, J; Monti, M; Huwendiek, S; Feller, S

doi:10.1186/s12909-018-1376-y

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English

How do Swiss medical schools prepare their students to become good communicators in their future professional careers: a questionnaire and interview study involving medical graduates, teachers and curriculum coordinators

ContributorsJunod Perron, Noëlle Astrid; Klöckner Cronauer, C; Hautz, S C; Schnabel, K P; Breckwoldt, J; Monti, M; Huwendiek, S; Feller, S

Published inBMC Medical Education, vol. 18, no. 1, 285

Publication date2018

Abstract

Since 2011, the Swiss Catalogue of Learning Objectives (SCLO) has provided the framework for assessing communication skills in the Swiss Medical Federal Licensing Examination (FLE). This study evaluates how far the communication curricula of five Swiss medical schools match the SCLO and international recommendations. It also explores their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT).

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours

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JUNOD PERRON, Noëlle Astrid et al. How do Swiss medical schools prepare their students to become good communicators in their future professional careers: a questionnaire and interview study involving medical graduates, teachers and curriculum coordinators. In: BMC Medical Education, 2018, vol. 18, n° 1, p. 285. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1376-y