A Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish consensus on a core communication curriculum for undergraduate medical education

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:29:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-03-28 Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, Spain) Background: To present learning outcomes in clinical communication for a Core Curriculum for medical undergraduate students in Latin America, Portugal and Spain (LAPS-CCC) and to establish an expert network to support a transnational implementation. Methods: Through an iterative process, an international group of 15 experts developed an initial set of learning outcomes following a review and discussion of relevant international and local literature. A two-round Delphi survey involving 46 experts from 8 countries was performed. Quantative and qualitative analisis permited the definition of the final consensus. Results: The initial proposal included 157 learning outcomes. The Delphi process generated 734 comments and involved the modification, deletion and addition of some outcomes. At the end of the process, a consensus was reached on 136 learning outcomes grouped under 6 competency domains with a high overall acceptance (95.1 %). Conclusions: The learning outcomes of this proposal provide a guide to introduce, support and develop communication curriculae for undergraduate medical studies in the countries involved or in other Spanish-or Portuguese-speaking countries. Univ Francisco de Vitoria, Fac Med, Escuela Med, Edificio E,Ctra Pozuelo Majadahonda,Km 1,800, Madrid 28223, Spain Univ Lisbon, Fac Farm, P-1699 Lisbon, Portugal Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Santiago, Chile Univ Maimonides, Fac Med, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med, Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Med, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico Univ Chile, Fac Med, Santiago, Chile Univ Porto, Fac Med, Rua Campo Alegre 823, P-4100 Oporto, Portugal Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Med, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain Univ Antioquia, Fac Med, Medellin, Colombia Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Fac Med, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil Univ Int Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Spanish Patient Forum, Barcelona, Spain Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med, Botucatu, SP, Brazil