The review included three RCTs, with a total of 347 healthcare professionals. All studies needed to assess the professionals before and after communication skills training, measuring changes in behavior and skills using objective and validated scales. The RCTs included administration of communication skills training where the control group received usual or alternative training to the intervent...

Communication skills training is now internationally accepted as an essential component of medical education. However, learners and teachers in communication skills programs continue to experience problems integrating communication with other clinical skills, ensuring that clinical faculty support and teach communication beyond the formal communication course, extending communication training c...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Communication with patients is a core clinical skill in medicine that can be acquired through communication skills training. Meanwhile, the importance of transfer of communication skills to the workplace has not been sufficiently studied. This study aims to assess the efficacy of a 40-hour training program designed to improve patients' satisfaction and residents' communic...

objectives: emotional intelligence skills begin at home, and with positive interactions with parents and other children. parents can help children recognize their emotions, name them, and learn how to respect their feelings and adapt to social situations. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on the communication skills of students ...

It has long been accepted that communication is of central importance in healthcare, and a core aspect of clinical competence. Many educational institutions and Royal Colleges now reflect this and consider communication skills a priority in postgraduate examination. The new examination ‘‘Practical Assessment of Clinical and Examination Skills’’ has replaced the Royal College of Physicians MRCP ...

OBJECTIVE Stimulating communication is an important workplace issue. We investigated the effects of a brief communication skills training (CST) program based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). METHODS A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 206 white-collar workers. The intervention group underwent a 2-hour CST group training conducted by an occupational physician...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of a communication skills training program on emergency nurses and patient satisfaction. METHODS Sixteen emergency nurses attended a 6-week psychoeducation program that was intended to improve their communication skills. The first 3 sessions of the psychoeducation program consisted of theoretical education on empathy and communication. Other sessions covered...

Objective To analyze communication skills of pediatric postgraduate residents in clinical encounter by using video recordings. Methods This qualitative exploratory research was conducted through video recording at The Children's Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Residents who had attended the mandatory communication skills workshop offered by CPSP were included. The video recording of clinical encou...

background communication skills of operational managers such as head nurses greatly influence the performance of nursing personnel and by extension, the quality of the care provided by them. objectives this study was conducted to identify the role of a development program on communication skills and job satisfaction in head nurses. materials and methods this research was a non-randomized two-gr...