The "GP" and "patient" in the illustrations are members of the study team, role-playing consultations.
A short break was followed by a 2-h workshop in which participants in small groups engaged in three role-playing consultations for three oncogenetic problems in the presence of experts (clinical geneticist, patient representatives, and two trainers).
These students are assessed by reviewing their performance in role play consultations, then an individualised programme of support planned, which the student agrees to (or may not agree to - but that has never happened).
The importance of the role that companions play in consultations, and in the 'patient work' required for treatments, has hitherto received little systematic attention in the literature despite the observation in this study and others that most oncology consultations include at least one companion.
As part of the event, there was an auction to play a consultation game with Garry Kasparov, another former champion, and Nigel Short, who played Kasparov for the world title in London in 1993.
The majority of GPs' interviewed considered that electronic medical records are an integral and essential element of their work during the consultation, playing a key role in facilitating integrated and continuity of care for patients and making clinical information more accessible.
In this section we will illustrate how 'orderliness' and 'distribution' play out in consultations that breach the communication dyad, using selected data extracts.
Participant accounts are retrospective and limited to that which is remembered and reported; however, recall accuracy and completeness may be enhanced by playing back the video-recorded consultation within the interview context: 'video stimulated recall' (VSR).
Extensive public consultation is also playing an increasing role and subjective judgements are being made without analysis based on sound science.
The "patients" were professional actors playing SPs who, after the consultation, completed a 10-item questionnaire about their satisfaction with the trainees' performance [ 8].
Without this, my impression of a consultation plays a major role: 'How was the contact?
