Communication Skills Training Overall, The …

Overall, the research into patient Communication Skills Training shows potential for enhancing patient participation and valued health outcomes. However, most of the research has focused on information-seeking skills with relatively little attention to other important information exchange skills. In contrast, our program of research into patient communication skills has included attention to information seeking, verifying, and providing. So far, we have examined the effects of our Communication Skills Training on adult patients in a primary care setting. While our samples of patients have included adults over 65 years of age, we have not modified and tested our training materials specifically for an elderly population. The purpose of this research is to conduct such a test. Given results of our previous research, we hypothesize the following: