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Communication Skills Training Increases Self-Efficacy of Health Care Professionals
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Norgaard, Birgitte; Ammentorp, Jette; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Kofoed, Poul-Erik – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Despite the knowledge of good communication as a precondition for optimal care and treatment in health care, serious communication problems are still experienced by patients as well as by health care professionals. An orthopedic surgery department initiated a 3-day communication skills training course for all staff members expecting…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Self Efficacy, Nurses, Surgery
Feasibility of a Knowledge Translation CME Program: "Courriels Cochrane"
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Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Training and Action for Patient Safety: Embedding Interprofessional Education for Patient Safety within an Improvement Methodology
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Slater, Beverley L.; Lawton, Rebecca; Armitage, Gerry; Bibby, John; Wright, John – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Despite an explosion of interest in improving safety and reducing error in health care, one important aspect of patient safety that has received little attention is a systematic approach to education and training for the whole health care workforce. This article describes an evaluation of an innovative multiprofessional, team-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Safety, Improvement Programs, Interprofessional Relationship