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Clerkship Objectives

Communicator

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Demonstrate communication skills that convey respect, integrity, flexibility, sensitivity, empathy, and compassion.
Communicate using open-ended inquiry, listening attentively and verifying for mutual understanding.
Demonstrate a patient-centred and family-centred approach to communication which requires involving the family and patient in shared decision making, and involves gathering information about the patients’ and families’ beliefs, concerns, expectations and illness experience.
Acquire and synthesise relevant information from relevant sources including: family, caregivers, and other health professionals.
Demonstrate organised, complete, informative, legible, and accurate written/electronic information related to clinical encounters (such as: admission histories, progress notes, and discharge summaries).
Demonstrate clear, legible, and accurate ‘doctors orders’ (such as investigations, medication orders and outpatient prescriptions).
Demonstrate organised, complete, informative and accurate information in verbal patient presentations.
Respect patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy.
Acknowledge/demonstrate the principals of dealing with challenging communication issues including: obtaining informed consent, delivering bad news, disclosing adverse medical events, and addressing anger, confusion, and misunderstanding.

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