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Table 2.

Placement and duration (in hours) of communication training in the curricula of the four Norwegian medical schools

School	Early/PBL A	Early/PBL B	Integrated	Traditional
Year 1	24^z	7^z	4	0
Year 2	16^z	7^y	0	0
Year 3	0	25^y	14	24^{x, y}
Year 4	0	0	2	0^x
Year 5	0^x	0^x	0^x	24^x
Year 6	5^{x, y}	18^y	12	16^{x, y}

Totals	45	57	32	64

Mandatory courses are given in bold. Courses based on encounters with real or simulated patients are marked, as are periods with supervised patient contact during preceptorship or a doctor-patient course (see text for details).

^xYears with supervised patient contact in preceptorship

^yUse of simulated patients or real patients during communication course

^zDoctor-patient course, 6 h/month; 2 years at Early/PBL A school; 1 year at Early/PBL B school.