Professionalism and inter-communication skills (ICS): a multi-site validity study assessing proficiency in core competencies and milestones in medical learners

• Published in: BMC medical education Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 362
• Main Authors: Abu Dabrh, Abd Moain, Waller, Thomas A, Bonacci, Robert P, Nawaz, Anem J, Keith, Joshua J, Agarwal, Anjali, Merfeld, John, Nordin, Terri, Winscott, Mary Michelle, Belda, Thomas E, Murad, Mohammad Hassan, Pantin, Sally Ann L, Steinkraus, Lawrence W, Grau, Thomas J, Angstman, Kurt B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.10.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Assessment; Check Lists; Clinical Competence; Communication; Communication Skills; Core competencies; Decision making; Drug Use; Education, Medical, Graduate; Educational Objectives; Empathy; Evidence; Feedback; Graduate Medical Education; Humans; Internship and Residency; Medical education; Medical personnel training; Milestones; Observation; Outcomes of Education; Patients; Professional employees; Professionalism; Rating Scales; Reproducibility of Results; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Simulation; Trainees; Training; Validation studies; Validity; Core competencies; InCoPrA; Validity; Milestones; Communication skills; Simulation; Assessment; Medical learners; Professionalism

Interpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS) and Professionalism milestones are challenging to evaluate during medical training. Paucity in proficiency, direction and validity evidence of assessment tools of these milestones warrants further research. We validated the reliability of the previously-p...