This article describes the development of four assessment tools designed to evaluate the communication skills training (CST) programme at the International Medical University (IMU). The tools measure pre-clinical students' 1) perceived competency in basic interpersonal skills, 2) attitude towards patient-centred communication, 3) conceptual knowledge on doctor-patient communication, and 4) acce...

objectives: the development of social skills, especially skills in relating to peers, is an important capacity that provides the foundations for lifelong success. some children with disabilities need to learn social skills more directly. the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of social skills training on socialization skills development in children with down syndrome. methods: t...

the present study aimed to examine the impact of life skills training on the components marital satisfaction of deaf women in the iranian deaf association(ida). a multiple-baseline, single-case experimental design was used. the statistical population consisted of all deaf women in the ida, in 2014-2015. a total of 3 deaf women who met the inclusion criteria were selected using a purposeful samp...

critical thinking is one of the major aims of education, and its prerequisite is to have thoughtful teachers with critical thinking viewpoints. there have been numerous models for critical thinking including two major psychological and socio-political ones. the present article has considered a comparative study of critical thinking from the viewpoints of robert ennis and henry giroux considerin...

background and purpose: to create a positive attitude towards communication skills training, experimental methods are preferred over theoretical approaches since they encourage the practical use of these skills among different health staff. this study aimed to compare the effects of role play and video feedback on the attitude and knowledge of midwives towards communication training skills. met...

INTRODUCTION Death is an inescapable certainty of life. Variability in care for dying persons, however, is present. The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) sought to guide care for the last days of life but was phased out after intense scrutiny. SOURCES OF DATA A governmental report and rapid review of evidence were considered alongside mass and social media reporting. An evidence review of end-of-l...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceptual – motor experience on motor development quotient of fine and gross motor skills in infants. fifteen 5-8-month-old healthy infants participated randomly in this study and were divided homogenously into two groups (experimental and control) according to their age. experimental group had 36 training sessions, each session an hou...