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S Inkelis

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Telephone T.A.L.K.: a teaching/assessment tool for medical training.

An instrument for teaching and assessing interpersonal communication skills of physicians on the telephone was developed. A conceptual framework based on the acronym T.A.L.K. [Trust, Assert, Listen and K.I.S.S. (Know, Inquire, Solve, and Stroke)] was used for organizing 22 specific behaviors. Faculty gave feedback to residents using T.A.L.K. guidelines while listening to taped telephone calls of the residents T.A.L.K.ing with patients. A five-point scale enables the instrument to be used for skill assessment and program evaluation.

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Evaluating telephone T.A.L.K.

A telephone communication instrument, Telephone T.A.L.K. (Trust, Assert, Listen, and K.I.S.S.--Know, Inquire, Solve, Stroke), was developed for a pediatric residency program for teaching and assessment purposes. Residents had call reviews with faculty as an intervention. Eight residents had pre-intervention calls and 3 call reviews. At post-intervention, Trust and Listening skills showed significant improvement and Assert and K.I.S.S. near significance. Ranking frequencies of items for calls of 30 residents indicated which items to select for future teaching.

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