The Faculty Development Office in collaboration with the Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, will offer an intense faculty development workshop at Queen's, June 18-19. This will extend the excellent workshop presented in April 2000. A pre-workshop session will be presented Sunday evening to familiarize the faculty with the Bayer Institute materials, particularly the Difficult Clinician Patient Communication materials. Dr. Geoff Gordon, an internist and Associate Director of the Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication will be sharing the resources of the recent Academic Faculty Course offered in New Haven Connecticut.
Registration is limited to allow for small group work and individual practice and coaching.
Teaching Communication Skills 1. Know the principles of effective teaching of communication skills. Know the principles of effective assessment and develop skills in giving constructive feedback. 4. Be able to anticipate the barriers to teaching effective communication skills in clinical training and know strategies to overcome them. Develop plans to implement communications curricula into their programs.