Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zaino, Richard J., MD
• Abendroth, Catherine S., MD

Titel

Preparing residents for practice. An opportunity to teach professionalism and communication skills as well as diagnostic criteria

Ist Teil von

• Human pathology, 2010-07, Vol.41 (7), p.923-926

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The principal objective of this article is to describe some of the characteristics related to the surgical pathology sign-out beyond transmission of medical knowledge, to reveal opportunities for teaching professionalism, communication, and interpersonal skills. Because this activity represents a prototype of the interactions of resident and attending physicians while working toward achieving an accurate diagnosis, the observations are equally applicable to teaching situations in many other medical specialties.2 What is a surgical pathology rotation for a resident? The relationship is professional but also intellectually and psychologically personal, as it requires extended and repeated series of queries, statements, challenges, affirmation or refutations, criticisms, and compliments.3 Educational goals of attending pathologists at surgical pathology sign-out The Accreditation Commission for Graduate Medical Education has divided the core competencies of resident education into 6 domains: (1) patient care, (2) medical knowledge, (3) systems-based practice, (4) practice-based improvement, (5) professionalism, and (6) interpersonal skills and communication [2].