Main description:

Communication skills are the cornerstone of being a good doctor and there is a growing trend to incorporate these skills within the medical school curriculum.

Medical students are normally well-versed in the medical knowledge needed for their OSCEs but often struggle with the key communication techniques required. This book shows how better communication skills will lead to a better consultation. It combines a practical approach to communicating with the essential clinical knowledge needed to help students perfect their consultations.

It is written by medical students and junior doctors for medical students and junior doctors.

Communication Skills for OSCEs is the first medical OSCEs book to focus on the key communication skills the medical student needs.

Communication Skills for OSCEs prepares you for the examination setting but, in doing so, also provides the building blocks for good communication skills throughout your career.

Contents:

Section 1: Introduction to communication skills

1. How to use this book and get the most out of role play

2. The importance of communication skills in healthcare

3. Application of the Calgary-Cambridge Model

4. General approach to information gathering

5. Information giving and shared decision making

Section 2: System-focused communication

6. Perfecting the systems review

7. Psychiatry

8. Neurology

9. Orthopaedics and rheumatology

10. Ophthalmology

11. Cardiovascular medicine

12. Respiratory medicine

13. Ears, nose and throat

14. Gastroenterology and hepatology

15. Nephrology and urology

16. Obstetrics and gynaecology

17. Dermatology

18. Endocrinology

Section 3: Special situations in communication

19. Older people's medicine

20. Paediatrics

21. Taking a drug history

22. The consultation through an interpreter

23. Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children

24. Breaking bad news

25. Communicating error and conflict resolution

26. Communicating risk

27. Consenting for a procedure

28. Talking to colleagues