Towards a concept of communicative competence in Health: a qualitative study in medical residents

Rodolfo A. Cabrales

About Authors

Rodolfo A. Cabrales (rocabral@utp.edu.co) is a faculty member at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Health Sciences Faculty at Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia. Professor Rodolfo Cabrales has collaborated in Tuning Latin America Project. He has also been Head of Clinical Sciences Department at the Medicine Programme. He is a General Surgeon and he holds a PhD in Education Sciences. His doctoral research centred on the importance of communicative competence in medical practice. His current research interest focuses on communication skills at the pre and postgraduate level, methodological approaches to the communication competences teaching and medical education.