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Article History

Received: 3 March 2021

Accepted: 8 September 2021

First Online: 20 September 2021

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Riphah International University (Reference # Riphah/IIMC/IRC/20/134).Following consent statement was included in the questionnaire and marked by all participants.<i>• You have been asked to participate in this research because of your expertise in physician patient communication.</i><i>• Participation in this study is voluntary.</i><i>• The information shared by you will be kept confidential to the full extent. Your name and identifying information will not be associated with any part of the written report of the research.</i><i>• Participating in this study may not benefit you directly, but your valued opinion will help us a lot in developing EPAs on physician-patient communication for all specialties in health care, as well as decide on various strategies for students’ assessment.</i><i>• There are no known or anticipated risks associated with this study.</i><i>• The research topic has been reviewed and approved by the Ethics Review Committee Islamic International Medical College.</i><i>• If you do not understand something or if you want more information, please don’t hesitate to ask.</i><i>• Kindly mark your informed consent before proceeding</i>

: Not applicable.

: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.