OBJECTIVE Health-care communication skills training may be particularly needed in the Arabian Gulf countries because of the variety of cultures within the physician and patient populations. This study describes the implementation and results of a communication skills training program for physicians in Qatar that assessed previous training, and effect of previous training on participants' course...

Program developers collaborated with experts across a wide spectrum of fields to integrate theories on education, social-work, child development and family development, as well as research in the field of education by Arnold Goldstein (Changing the Abusive Parent, Goldstein et al, Champaign, IL.: Research Press, 1985) on changing abusive behaviors and interpersonal communication. Improved commu...

This article describes a study on the effects of a self-instruction training programme in communication skills for psychology students at the Open University of the Netherlands in comparison to a fully supervised training. We expected both training programmes to increase students’ knowledge and skills, as well as their self-efficacy and motivation concerning the use of skills. Furthermore we ex...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of training residents in interpersonal and communication skills on women's satisfaction with doctor-woman relationship in labour and delivery rooms. DESIGN A stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. SETTING 4 tertiary care teaching maternity hospitals in Damascus, Syria. PARTICIPANTS 2000 women who gave birth to a living baby in the four study hospitals a...

Interpersonal communication skills are very important possessed by every individual. This study aims to examine how dyslexic children, given that children experience language barriers. The was conducted using a qualitative approach through the case method of three students at Griya Baca Pelangi who had been diagnosed with dyslexia. Data collected observation, interview, and documentation techni...

conclusions the findings showed that personal, interpersonal, and functional skills can facilitate nurses’ career advancement. the effects of these skills on career advancement depend on a variety of conditions that require further studies. results the three themes extracted from the data included interpersonal capabilities, competency for career success, and personal capacities. the results sh...

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...

Effective communication between clinicians is a crucial component of safe care. Highquality communication may be especially critical during care transitions between clinicians (handoffs). In a two-year quasi-experimental Quality Improvement project, we are using simulation learning to evaluate and improve communication between anesthesia providers and nurses as care is transitioned from the ope...