Cancer Council Victoria | Clinical consultation skills: Communication and optimal cancer care @cancercouncilvictoria | Uploaded 7 years ago | Updated 5 hours ago
Effective clinician communication skills are well recognised as beneficial for both patients and clinicians. Evidence demonstrates that appropriate, timely and effective clinical consultation skills positively affect a range of patient health outcomes. This webinar brought together a panel of clinician educators and communication in healthcare experts to discuss effective communication and how it relates to fostering healing relationships and patient-centered care. The panel used the Optimal Care Pathway guidelines to promote consistent, best-practice cancer care by describing the expected communication tasks at each stage of the cancer trajectory.
Effective clinician communication skills are well recognised as beneficial for both patients and clinicians. Evidence demonstrates that appropriate, timely and effective clinical consultation skills positively affect a range of patient health outcomes. This webinar brought together a panel of clinician educators and communication in healthcare experts to discuss effective communication and how it relates to fostering healing relationships and patient-centered care. The panel used the Optimal Care Pathway guidelines to promote consistent, best-practice cancer care by describing the expected communication tasks at each stage of the cancer trajectory.
