A Novel Curriculum on Writing Simulated Patient Cases for Teaching Communication Skills (FR482D)

Patient communication is a crucial skill that impacts how patients cope with illness. The most effective communication training is supervised practice with simulated patients (SPs), trained actors who portray patients based on written SP cases. Despite the importance of communication training, little guidance exists on how to write cases. Over 90% of communication educators in our national survey desired instruction on case-writing.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: April Christensen, Rene N. Claxton Source Type: research