Communicative and social competence in the medical curriculum of the Medical University of Innsbruck: learning objectives, content, and teaching methods

2021/03/15 by Silvia Exenberger, Martin Kumnig, Exenberger, Silvia +15
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Assessment #Empathy and Medical Education #Ethik #Geschlechtsidentität #Innovations in Medical Education #Kommunikationsfähigkeit #Kommunikative Kompetenzen #Medicine #Medizinstudium #Palliativmedizin #Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare #assessment #communication skills #communicative competencies #ethics #gender identity #medical studies #palliative care

paper · doi:10.3205/zma001455

openalex publication_date 2021/03/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

Familiarity with the various teaching methods used in the different courses is important for developing communicative and social competence in medical education. Active networking is necessary to anchor communicative and social competency as a major thread throughout an entire medical curriculum.

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