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Ask the Expert: What impact do communication skills have on patient outcomes and what are the challenges of assessing them?

In this Ask the Expert video, Senior Measurement Scientist Ann King, PhD defines the different facets of communications skills and explains why this area is both so challenging and important to assess.

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