[Competence-based catalogue of learning objectives for conducting medical consultations].

Issue: In 2012 the German medical licensure regulations (Approbationsordnung) made teaching and assessing the conduction of medical consultations a mandatory part of medical education. A catalogue of learning objectives (LO) based on existing references was developed to assist medical schools in meeting this requirement.

Methods: A body of relevant material was compiled using literature research and surveying experts.

Improving patient-centered communication: Results of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Patient-centered communication is a key element for improving the quality of care in terms of therapeutic relationship, patient participation, and treatment process. Postgraduate trainings provide an essential way of promoting patient centeredness on the job where learning opportunities are often limited by time, patient volume, and economic pressure. In the present study, changes in patient centeredness during clinical routines of postgraduate physicians (internal medicine) after a three-day communication training were assessed.

[Integrated Peer Teaching of Communication and Clinical Skills: How to Train Student Tutors?].

Aim: This paper describes the theory-based development of a standardized training model for peer tutors. The aim is to qualify tutors to teach communication skills integrated with practical clinical skills, to medical students in the pre-clinical curriculum. As a result, students are encouraged to form a basic understanding of the biopsychosocial model of diseases early in their studies.

Training physicians in shared decision-making-who can be reached and what is achieved?

Objective: To report on experiences with a general shared decision-making (SDM) physician training program offered to physicians throughout Germany.

Methods: This study enrolled 150 physicians in an 8-h SDM training program. Physicians were assessed with standardized instruments before and after training.