Research skills in practice

Psychiatric Skills in General Practice

The teaching of psychiatry to students 30 years ago was meagre in the extreme. In the general wards we were taught scientific medicine and there every disease appeared to have a clearly defined etiology. It was due to congenital abnormality, inflammation, neoplasia and so on, and at the end of the list was hysteria. Every disease, it seemed, could be simulated by hysteria. We gathered that this...

Healing skills for medical practice.

It is well recognized that physicians' relationships with their patients can have healing effects, but the skills in this area of medical practice are understudied. This article reports on research designed to identify a core set of healing skills. The authors interviewed 50 practitioners, who were identified by their peers as "healers," representing both allopathic and complementary medicine a...

Sexual health in general practice: introductory skills.

Effective communication skills in nursing practice.

This article highlights the importance of effective communication skills for nurses. It focuses on core communication skills, their definitions and the positive outcomes that result when applied to practice. Effective communication is central to the provision of compassionate, high-quality nursing care. The article aims to refresh and develop existing knowledge and understanding of effective co...

Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics: Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action