Teaching communication skills in clinical settings

"Communication is important for the quality of clinical practice, and programs have been implemented to improve healthcare providers’ communication skills. However, the consistency of programs teaching communication skills has received little attention, and debate exists about the application of acquired skills to real patients."

Teaching communication skills in clinical settings: comparing two applications of a comprehensive program with standardized and real patients
IP Carvalho et al.
BMC Medical Education 2014, 14:92

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Developing the right people with the right skills and the right values

"Demonstrating improved value for money will require greater clarity and transparency in relation to the measurement of the quality of education and training programmes and the costs of those programmes."

Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: developing the right people with the right skills and the right values. A mandate from the Government to Health Education England: April 2014 to March 2015
Department of Health
April 2014

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Cost-effectiveness of adherence therapy versus health education for people with schizophrenia

"Non-adherence to anti-psychotics is common, expensive and affects recovery. We therefore examine the cost-effectiveness of adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia by multi-centre randomised trial in Amsterdam, London, Leipzig and Verona."

Cost-effectiveness of adherence therapy versus health education for people with schizophrenia: randomised controlled trial in four European countries
A Patel, et al.
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2013, 11:12

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