How Are Physicians Currently Trained in Communication Skills? How Do

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Essay

How are physicians currently trained in communication skills? How do you think they should be trained?

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Definitions:

Modeling

Demonstrating a behavior to imitate a behavior that was previously observed.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy in which a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, leading to more resilient behavior than with continuous reinforcement.

Continuous

Continuous refers to something that unceasingly occurs over a period of time without interruption or breaks.

Partial-Reinforcement Extinction Effect

The greater persistence of behavior under partial reinforcement than under continuous reinforcement.