Poland

A small team is involved in running PRIME-based undergraduate communication skills courses as elective Special Study Modules for medics, dentists, physiotherapists and pharmacists. In parallel one of our partners will be visiting the UK to learn more about introducing and developing a simulated patients scheme.

Local and visiting PRIME tutors will be taking part in the inaugural conference of the Communication in Medicine Society organised by the University of Medical Sciences in Warsaw. Communication skills and patient-centred care training continue in Poznań led by our local partners and this year the communication skills training included a special programme for dentists led by a visiting tutor from Sweden.

Professor Richard Vincent, PRIME senior tutor, continues to have an official role as visiting professor at Poznań University of Medical Sciences.  One of our tutors also led a seminar on ‘difficult patients and anxious families - uneasy conversations in medical practice’ at the Wielkopolska Medical Association conference.

PRIME has also been involved in national CMF Poland conferences, most recently teaching doctors, nurses and church leaders.

Plans are developing for PRIME teaching at a key conference for medical and dental students around managing medical errors.