Exam topics list “A”:
- The significance of medical communication. Misconceptions and facts about medical communication.
- Doctor-patient consultation.
- Promoting lifestyle change: the 5A and 5R methods; the transtheoretical model of behavior change.
- Promoting lifestyle change: motivational interviewing.
- Communication options for developing health literacy.
- Communicating risks of treatments.
- Shared decision making.
- Suggestive communication in medical practice.
- Communication with children.
- Communication with older people. Communication with elderly having age-related mental disorders.
- Cultural competence of the physician.
Exam topics list „B”
- Communication about functional symptoms
- Communication with patients using complementary and alternative treatments.
- Communicating about intimate issues.
- Communication with tense, hostile people.
- Communication with depressed patients. Recognizing the risk of suicide.
- Communication with patients having anxiety symptoms or addictions.
- Breaking bad news.
- Communication aspects of patient safety.
- Communication with people living with disabilities.
- Communication with the victims of abuse.
- E-health: use of t technological tools in health communication.