• The Nottingham VTS Communication and Consulting handbook. This is a summary of current consulting models put together by Naresh Sood. In addition there is a very useful link to another website on consulting models

• Consultation Models - a consultation handbook: A quick reference to the following models - Hospital Clerking Model ,Byrne & Long ,Scott & Davis, Pendleton, Neighbour ,Calgary-Cambridge Model, Disease-Illness Model

• The Balint approach to the consultation. This is not another model of the consultation. It is a general approach which may throw light on the doctor-patient interaction. This is a short description on what Balint was all about

• Pendleton's rules of feedback for discussing video consultations. Pendelton has become an often quoted byword when looking at a consultations. This is the theory behind it

• Making a Diagnosis: How doctors make diagnoses. Useful as an early tutorial subject for a Registrar in their first appointment

• Why Patients go to Doctors. Useful as an early tutorial subject for a Registrar in their first appointment

• Calgary-Cambridge guide to the medical interview. A method for looking at the consultation.

• Organising your teaching session on the consultation. How to go about conducting a communication skills teaching session in a one to one learner based centred approach

Web Sites on Communication and Consulting skills

East Anglia Communications skills cascade: This collection of resources has been setup by East Anglia Communications skills cascade facilitators to promote and support the teaching of communication skills in health care. This is simply awesome and contains a huge amount of material