Research Article: Impact of Training in Serious Illness Communication and Work Life Balance on Physicians’ Self-Efficacy, Clinical Practice and Perception of Roles
Introduction:
Communication with patients exposed to serious illness and facing life and death decisions is a core task in hemato-oncology as well as in primary care, internal medicine and surgery. In Denmark, communication skills training is an integrated part of the pregraduate curriculum in medical school, practicing basic communication skills, active listening, and delivering bad news. After graduation these skills must be transferred to daily clinical practice, where direct observation with feed-back from a mentor is…
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