Communication
Intended Learning Outcomes
Communication Part I: Communicating with Patients |
- Adequately approach conscious and unsconscious patients
- Deal with communication barriers
- Correctly obtain an informed consent from an ICU patient
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Communication Part II: Communicating with Families |
- Adequately provide information to family members
- Know when and how to involve the family in decision-making and in patient care
- Adequately transmit bad news
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Communication Part III: Communicating with co-workers |
- Have improved communication skills within the ICU team
- Perform a clear, succinct and adequate handover
- Correctly and openly communicate about errors in the ICU
- Explore the advantages and barriers to good team-work
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Communication Part IV: Developing communication skills |
- Have effective communication strategies with patients
- Adapt these strategies for team communication enhancement
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Relevant Competencies from CoBaTrICE
Communication Part I: Communicating with Patients |
- 7.1 Comfort and recovery: Identifies and attempts to minimise the physical and psychosocial consequences of critical illness for patients and families
- 12.1 Professionalism: Communicates effectively with patients and relatives
- 12.4 Professionalism: Involves patients (or their surrogates if applicable) in decisions about care and treatment
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Communication Part II: Communicating with Families |
- 12.1 Professionalism: Communicates effectively with patients and relatives
- 12.4 Professionalism: Involves patients (or their surrogates if applicable) in decisions about care and treatment
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Communication Part III: Communicating with co-workers |
- 12.2 Professionalism: Communicates effectively with members of the health care team
- 12.7 Professionalism: Collaborates and consults; promotes team-working
- 12.8 Professionalism: Ensures continuity of care through effective hand-over of clinical information
- 12.9 Professionalism: Supports clinical staff outside the ICU to enable the delivery of effective care
- 12.10 Professionalism: Appropriately supervises, and delegates to others, the delivery of patient care
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Communication Part IV: Developing communication skills |
- 12.1 Professionalism: Communicates effectively with patients and relatives
- 12.2 Professionalism: Communicates effectively with members of the health care team
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Faculty Disclosures:
The authors of this module have not reported any disclosures.
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