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Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Assessment Approaches

What is Assessed? How is it Assessed?
interpersonal and communication skills
(ABIM Patient Assessment)
rating form completed by patient
more information
communication skills
(Calgary-Cambridge Observation Guide )
rating form completed by user
more information
medical interview behaviors
(Davis Observation Code)
videotape of live encounter is coded
more information
humanistic attitudes
(Humanism Scale)
rating form completed by attendings
more information
interpersonal and communication skills
(Interpersonal and Communication Skills Checklist)
checklist completed by standardized patient (SP)
more information
interpersonal skills
(Interpersonal Skills Rating Form)
rating form completed by SP
more information
interpersonal and communication skills
(Parents' Perceptions of Physicians' Communicative Behavior)
rating form completed by parents of patients
more information
humanistic/interpersonal behaviors
(Physicians' Humanistic Behaviors Questionnaire)
rating form completed by patient
more information
medical interview behaviors
(Roter Interactional Analysis System)
audiotape of live encounter is coded
more information
humanistic behaviors
(The Humanism Scale)
rating form completed by SP
more information
interpersonal and communication skills
(The SEGUE Framework)
checklist completed by SP and faculty
more information

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