Table 1.

Section 1: communication tasks. Values are numbers (percentages) of panel accepting statement

No	Task	Panel response
1.1	Establishing and maintaining good working relationship with other staff	64 (100)*
1.2	Liaising with senior doctors	63 (98)*
1.3	Liaising with nurses	64 (100)*
1.4	Liaising between staff off and on ward, for example, diagnostic departments	64 (100)*
1.5	Communicating information between hospital and community, for example, general practice	67 (100)†
1.6	In consultation with senior doctor, disclosing information about patients to appropriate authorities	64 (96)†
1.7	Talking to patients, explaining to patients, liaising with patients, informing patients	62 (97)*
1.8	At discretion of senior doctor, breaking bad news to patients	58 (87)†
1.9	Talking to relatives, explaining to relatives, liaising with relatives, informing relatives	62 (97)*
1.10	At discretion of senior doctor, breaking bad news to relatives	62 (93)†
1.11	Giving advice on individual patient care to other non-medical professionals, for example, physiotherapists	58 (87)†
1.12	Gaining informed consent for minor frequently executed procedures with which preregistration house officer is familiar, for example, chest drains	67 (100)†
1.13	In consultation with senior colleague, gaining consent for postmortem examination	63 (94)†
1.14	Case presentation on ward rounds	67 (100)†
1.15	Performing effective “hand over,” for example, between doctors on shifts	67 (100)†
1.16	In consultation with senior doctor, making referral to coroner	65 (97)†
1.17	Completing death certification	65 (97)†
1.18	Giving health promotion advice to patients	58 (87)†
1.19	Handling difficult patient interactions, for example, self discharge, complaints	40 (60)†
1.20	Communicating with management and administration	42 (63)†
1.21	Reporting adverse drug reactions	62 (93)†

^*Task accepted in round 1 (64 responders). 

^†Task accepted in round 2 (67 responders).