BACKGROUND In December 2002, 74 medical students in the second preclinical years at the American University of Beirut (AUB) attended a workshop on basic communication skills (CS). The students watched video clips which demonstrated different communication skills and stages of the consultation, and role-played to try out ways they could improve the consultation. Their familiarity with the skills...

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, are needed throughout the perioperative experience to educate patients undergoing surgery and so ease their anxiety. In addition, good communication with theatre colleagues, the multidisciplinary team, and other departments is vital to achieve technical excellence and individualised, holistic patient care. This article discusses the imp...

PURPOSE The evidence suggests that a longitudinal training of communication skills embedded in a rich clinical context is most effective. In this study we evaluated the acquisition of communication skills under such conditions. METHODS In a longitudinal design the communication skills of a randomly selected sample of 25 trainees of a three-year postgraduate training programme for general prac...

conclusions nursing and midwifery students did not significantly differ in terms of communication with patients with severe communication problems. most of the students had low or very low knowledge and skills in communication with patients with hearing impairment. however, they had better skills in communication with patient with speech problem. special workshops or training programs are recom...

introduction: in recent decades, abilities related to emotional intelligence attracted the attention of many organizations and researchers. emotional intelligence provides a favorable environment for effective communication. it is a means by which users can express their needs and expectations to receive support from librarians. this study determined the relationship between emotional intellige...

BACKGROUND Communication is important for the quality of clinical practice, and programs have been implemented to improve healthcare providers' communication skills. However, the consistency of programs teaching communication skills has received little attention, and debate exists about the application of acquired skills to real patients. This study inspects whether (1) results from a communica...

A randomized pre- and post-test control group design was conducted in 12 oncology wards to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention, existing of a communication skills training with web-enabled video feedback and a Question Prompt Sheet (QPS), which aimed to improve patient education to older cancer patients (≥65 years). The effects were studied by analyzing questionnaires and video rec...

OBJECTIVE To describe how a specific communication course for health professionals has been evaluated and implemented in clinical practice and how it will be transferred and evaluated at the entire hospital. METHODS The different phases of the research process from generating the hypothesis to implementing the results are described and exemplified by means of published studies and a study und...

The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to closely examine one deaf child's experience with a cochlear implant and his speech, language, and communication skills from kindergarten through middle and high school using both developmental and sociocultural frameworks. The target child was one of the first children to receive a cochlear implant in the United States in 1988, when he was 5 ye...

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