Aspectos comunicacionales: el reto de la competencia de la profesión médica

Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain: A Descriptive Analysis

“…Thus, this topic can be addressed both transversally and by including specific courses in degree programs. However, it is not always included in medical curricula, nor is it transversally worked on in clinical courses [36]. Communication skills should be taught in the Faculty of Medicine both, transversally and in specific courses.…”

Communication skills in medicine: where do we come from and where are we going?

“…A sincere interest in this competence has also been expressed in other Spanish-speaking countries, although it has not yet been fully reflected in their curricula ( 4 ). During the nineties, this content was not present in the medical schools in Spain ( 2 , 3 , 13 , 14 ). However, authors with excellent publications on this topic have insisted on integration of communication skills teaching into the universities’ curricula around the world ( 14 - 17 ).…”

“…A project on communication skills teaching in Spanish nursing schools, which was carried out together with researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain), found that all of 110 (100%) universities had communication teaching integrated in their curricula, but that it was more integrated in nursing schools than medicine schools curricula. At the time when the graduate and postgraduate teaching of communication skills was being integrated into the Anglo-Saxon schools, in the Spanish universities this process had not yet begun and these skills were taught only in postgraduate medical education ( 13 ). In this sense, the primary health care played a fundamental role ( 2 , 13 ).…”

“…At the time when the graduate and postgraduate teaching of communication skills was being integrated into the Anglo-Saxon schools, in the Spanish universities this process had not yet begun and these skills were taught only in postgraduate medical education ( 13 ). In this sense, the primary health care played a fundamental role ( 2 , 13 ). Since then, the teaching of communication skills has been integrated into the portfolio of the family and community medicine residents and added gradually as a part of the general common training and studies, and now it is present in other medical specialties and other fields inside health science.…”

Las Representaciones de la Comunicación Médico-Paciente en las Revistas de Salud Chilenas

“…Esta dinámica derivaría en la desconanza de los usuarios (Briozzo, 2007), quienes cuestionan directa o indirectamente la conducta profesional (Horwitz, 2004). En consecuencia, esta pérdida de prestigio médico se origina ante la falta de habilidades comunicativas que faciliten la interacción del facultativo con el paciente y la sociedad (Costa et al 2003).…”