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Communication as teaching content of veterinary studies:
a joint position paper from the DVG specialist group "communication and didactics" and the GMA veterinary medicine committee (2021)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Gruber, Christian

Dilly, Marc

Bahramsoltani, Mahtab (WE 1)

Kleinsorgen, Christin

Engelskirchen, Simon

Ramspott, Sabine

Ehlers, Jan P.

Quelle

GMS journal for medical education : JME

Bandzählung: 38

Heftzählung: 4

Seiten: Doc84

ISSN: 2366-5017

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2021-38/zma001480.shtml

DOI: 10.3205/zma001480

Pubmed: 34056073

Kontakt

Institut für Veterinär-Anatomie

Koserstr. 20
14195 Berlin
+49 30 838 75784
anatomie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Veterinarians have to face many communicative challenges in their professional capacity. Successful professional communication increases satisfaction among pet owners, staff members and colleagues, and ultimately also the veterinarians' own satisfaction. On the other hand, unsuccessful communication can easily lead to rejection, distrust and dissatisfaction. However, communicative skills are not explicitly taught as part of the compulsory courses in veterinary medicine in Germany. The position paper of the GMA Veterinary Medicine Committee and the DVG work group Didactics and Communication Competence describes the importance of successful communication for working veterinarians as well as the training situation in Germany and addresses topics that are often discussed in connection with the implementation. The authors come to the conclusion that there is both a necessity and a possibility for the introduction of communicative training content and provide recommendations that are intended to support the sustainable introduction of courses and exams to develop the communicative skills of veterinary students.