Louise Binow Kjær1, Jane Ege Møller2, Maja O’Connor3, Mads Christiansen4, Mai-Britt Worm Ørntoft4 & Anne Mette Mørcke2 1) Institut for Klinisk Medicin & Center for Sundhedsvidenskabelige Uddannelser, Aarhus Universitet
2) Center for Sundhedsvidenskabelige Uddannelser, Aarhus Universitet
3) Psykologisk Institut, Institut for Klinisk Medicin & Center for Sundhedsvidenskabelige Uddannelser, Aarhus Universitet
4) Institut for Klinisk Medicin, Aarhus Universitet
Ugeskr Læger 2016;178:V09150740
Communication skills training in Denmark has come a long way
In this paper we describe and discuss communication skills training in Denmark – it has come a long way. After a short review of current research we outline the history of communication training in Denmark and describe the case of communication training at Aarhus University, which illustrates how the Danish universities have radically changed their communication training in the last decade. Finally, we discuss communication models and teaching methods and recommend an attempt to reach a national consensus on communication training.