CL initiated the project, contributed to the development and design of the study, developed and will implement the communication skills intervention, and will analyze data.
(e.g., did STAR participation lead to formal/informal discussions about antibiotics prescribing in the practice) ▪ do you think there are any barriers to implementing the communication skills promoted in STAR? ▪ perception of whether patients will use other means to get antibiotics?
For each site, a training programme will be implemented by trained communication skills educators following completion of the collection of data from usual care patients.
(GP 150) Most clinicians perceived consultations to be lengthened by an average of two to three minutes as a result of implementing the new communication skills.
This might be achieved by implementing a long-term "communication skills" course or by offering booster sessions later in the clinical years.
Communication is important for the quality of clinical practice, and programs have been implemented to improve healthcare providers' communication skills.
The personality aspect involves helping the mentee review his strengths and shortcomings, appropriate behavior and actions to be implemented, and work on improving communication skills, problem solving skills, and teamwork habits.
If schools do agree to implement the AEP, further training in communication skills for educators/teachers and health personnel will be required.
Many GPs therefore do not routinely use optimal communication skills to efficiently implement a non-antibiotic management strategy that patients would find acceptable and is time efficient in time pressured consultations[ 29].
These include inadequate attention and time given to educating undergraduate and postgraduate learners on communication skills, difficulties in implementing standardized programs of communication skills in formal medical curricula, as well as lack of objective evaluation of the efficacy of such programs [ 12- 16].
