From practice to lecture hall: Optimizing communication courses in medical education

Objective: Communication skills are a central component of the medical profession and are already taught during medical studies. However, the design of teaching content for doctor-patient communication across Germany is not based on empirical data collected from physicians' everyday professional practice, meaning optimal preparation for future work is not guaranteed. The aim of this study was to identify the need for relevant topic content and to use the limited teaching time in communication courses for these topics, providing educators with empirically based selection criteria.
Methodology: Using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, the need for relevant topics was determined. All teaching practices of the University of Lübeck were invited in writing to participate in the study. Teaching physicians rated, using a topic catalogue, which topics they considered relevant for communication courses in medical studies, as well as how challenging and frequent these topics are in ev..., , , # From practice to lecture hall: Optimizing communication courses in medical education

Correspondence Address:
Friederike Laudage
Institute of Medical Psychology University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein,
Lübeck Campus Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck Campus,
Germany

### File List (From_Practice_to_Lecture_Hall_Laudage.zip)

1) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_description.pdf
2) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_mean_standarddeviation.csv
3) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_challenge.csv
4) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_incidence.csv
5) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_relevance.csv
6) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Courses_Laudage_dataset_demographicvariables.csv
7) From Practice to Lecture Hall Optimizing Communication Course..., Prior to conducting the present study, an ethics application was submitted to the Ethics Committee of the University of Lübeck (reference number 21-452), which was reviewed and approved. The same procedure had already been carried out for the pilot study conducted as part of the bachelor’s thesis (reference number 19-193A). Informed consent was given by all participants. The written informed consent forms of the participants were stored separately from the completed questionnaires. Only authorized personnel have access to the original data. All directly identifiable personal information is replaced by an identification code (pseudonymized). Data analysis is conducted on a computer with restricted access.