I n our opinion, the best reason to develop oral presentation skills is to facilitate the communication of accurate, concise patient information between professionals.
Clinicians frequently discuss patients with colleagues and consultants.
These discussions are often informal and subject to time limitations. They may occur in hallways or over the telephone. On the other hand, the written data base should be more detailed and comprehensive. To document the student's data collection and clinical reasoning process. To provide practice in the oral communication of accurate, concise patient information between professionals.