Abstract
The purpose of the presented work is to assess the development and progression of basic communication skills of the 1st year students of the medical faculty that can serve as the basis for their further improvement over the course of professional education. The general level of students' communication skills was assessed using the test "Diagnosis of communicative and organizational tendencies"; the general level of empathy and the degree of its manifestation in communicating with different categories of people were studied using the Yusupov I. test; types of behavior in conflicts were estimated using the Thomas test. The research findings were processed according to the keys suggested by the authors of the tests. The study has shown that the majority of students (66%) demonstrates a high and very high level of general communication, while 18% of participants have low and very low levels of communication skills. An adequate general level of empathy was found in 91.7% of 1st year students, moreover, it was high in the remaining 8.3% of students. All respondents have shown the greatest empathy towards parents (average level 10.1 out of 15 possible scores), strangers (9.2) and children (8.9), while the level of empathy for older people was 6.9 points. Determining the strategy for resolving conflict situations has revealed that 1st year students most often choose a compromise (22.5% boys and 24% girls), the strategy of avoidance ranks the second position and is commn among the girls (23%, while the boys exhibit rivalry (21.8%), cooperation is chosen mainly by the girls (19.8%). The results of the study have shown that high levels of general communication and empathy could contribute to the choice of a future profession by the students and need only the right support during their graduate training program. Much attention should be paid to fostering empathy for the elderly people and the choice of cooperation as the best conflict resolution strategy between the parties during educational process at the university.
Highlights
The curricula of medical educational settings Communication skills are one of the main criteria establish a set of the main competencies, which for the perception and assessment of the level of students should master during their training period. qualification of healthcare workers by patients, who, Among the most important knowledge and skills to first of all, mainly assess the "doctor’s attitude", be acquired by future medical doctors including followed with "treatment outcomes", and only after medical theory and knowledge, patient care and that “experience", "feedback from other patients"
The important role of communication skills in the professionals’ personal values and interpersonal medical profession determines the relevance of the skills and they contribute to the successful study of their fostering in students of medical provision of health care
The participants, who have the highest level of communication skills, describe themselves as those who endeavour to communicate
Summary
The curricula of medical educational settings Communication skills are one of the main criteria establish a set of the main competencies, which for the perception and assessment of the level of students should master during their training period. qualification of healthcare workers by patients, who, Among the most important knowledge and skills to first of all, mainly assess the "doctor’s attitude", be acquired by future medical doctors including followed with "treatment outcomes", and only after medical theory and knowledge, patient care and that “experience", "feedback from other patients". Communication between a institutions at different stages of education It can doctor and a patient is the basis for obtaining be especially useful for first-year students, as it information about the diagnosis, the effects of provides great opportunities for teachers to pay treatment methods, etc. In their medical considerable attention to the development and practice, doctors have to communicate with improvement of this competence. The problem of communication in the field of health care is in the focuse of close attention of the medeical, philological and pedagogical community, both in Ukraine and abroad [1,2,3,4, 8,9,10,11,12]
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини: Вісник Української медичної стоматологічної академії
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
