Key Facts

Course Overview

This 1st module in a series of 4 covers “Opening and Closing”, “Shared Decision Making with Patients” and “Communication of Risk".

Course Format

The pre-course materials include a video on communication of risk and some pre-course reading. On the day there will be discussion of these, teaching on Shared Decision Making (including the “3 talk model”) and practice in simulation with small group debrief.

Suitability

Relevant Grades: ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, trainees will be able to:

Explain the need for Consultation Skills, therapeutic conversations and Shared Decision Making (SDM) with patients
List the core elements of good consultation and the pitfalls
Demonstrate use of the “team talk and options talk” parts of the “3 talk” model.

Course Director

Professor Kenneth Walker

Course Costs

Course Fee - £265.00

Course Fee (Members/Affiliates) - £238.00

Scottish General Surgery Trainees in CT2 who book by emailing education@rcsed.ac.uk will have their fee paid by NES.

COSMOS (Consultation Skills that Matter for Surgeons) – Module A