Course: Behaviour & communication-2 credits: 1

For the courses Behavior & Communication 1,2 and 3, the learning outcomes have been formulated based on five of the seven CanMeds professional roles, namely:
 
Communicator:

• During curricular activities, the student demonstrates mastery of the knowledge needed to perform effectively in the role of communicator.
• As a communicator, the student forges confidential, therapeutic relationships with patients and their families in the work placement organisation/position, and can interact with all age categories and cultural backgrounds.
• When conducting medical consultations in a practical training context, the student is able to independently record patient history and follow-up screening data in paper and/or electronic files.
• When conducting counselling discussions, the student can explain a treatment proposal backed by care providers in language that is understandable for patients and in accordance with the rules of professional communication.

Manager:

• During curricular activities, the student demonstrates mastery of the knowledge needed to perform effectively in the role of manager.
• The student organises the activities that constitute their own medical practice in alignment with the interests and organisational structure of the care institution.
• The student organises the activities that constitute their own medical practice in a manner that safeguards the quality of those activities.
• As an entrepreneurial professional, the student can conduct an analysis of their own organisation in relation to societal and political developments and their impact on the Dutch health care system (personal leadership).
• As an entrepreneurial professional, the student can contribute to the (re)formulation of a health care organisation's policies in response to societal and political developments (personal leadership).
• As an entrepreneurial professional, the student can apply the implications of policy changes made in response to societal and political developments to the work placement organisation/position (personal leadership).

Collaborator:

• During curricular activities, the student demonstrates mastery of the knowledge needed to perform effectively in the role of collaborator.
• The student can operate as a starting professional in the development, implementation and evaluation of medical/relevant policy in both mono- and multidisciplinary teams and collaboration processes.
• The student takes the initiative to optimise continuity of care across the care chain in collaboration with professionals (personal leadership).

Health Advocate:

• During curricular activities, the student demonstrates mastery of the knowledge needed to perform effectively in the role of health advocate.
• In the context of prevention, students can independently provide written information to groups interested in public health in plain language and in accordance with the rules of professional communication.
• In the context of indicated and/or health care-related prevention, students can independently provide written information to patients and their families and/or loved ones in plain language and in accordance with the rules of professional communication.

Professional:

• During curricular activities, the student demonstrates mastery of the knowledge needed to perform effectively in the role of professional.