The Veterinary Record 160:171 (2007)
© 2007 British Veterinary Association
Communication skills
Paul Manning1
1 Honorary SPVS Editor, SPVS Office, The Governor's
House, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 5DJ
SIR, - I agree with many of the comments made by Sarah Burns in her letter
(VR, January 13, 2007, vol 160,
p 64). Consultation
skills and the reflective learning that is required to develop them has been
the subject of my MSc thesis and currently my DProf
thesis at Middlesex University. I am pleased that the new RCVS
postgraduate modular Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice contains
compulsory consultation skills, recognising the importance of this subject.
The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons has run two roadshows on
consultation skills since January 2006, and is running another one-day
roadshow in Stirling on February 22, 2007.
In a book review in the same issue (VR, January 13, 2007, vol 160,
pp 61-62), Kirsten
Schuler questions the relevance of a chapter on owner communication to a text
on feline medicine. In my view, the importance the profession places on
consultation skills and communication is likely to have a highly significant
bearing on its future.
Related articles in The Veterinary Record:
- Cat medicine
- Kirsten E. Shuler
The Veterinary Record 2007 160: 61-62.
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- Communication skills
- Sarah Burns
The Veterinary Record 2007 160: 64.
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