Lack Of Communication Skills Research Articles

Lingua-Didactic Aspects of Teaching Mining Vocabulary to Mining Engineers

The current paper features the problem of teaching foreignlanguage mining vocabulary to would-be translators / interpreters and mining students. The one-industry city environment poses a challenge in front of those higher education institutions that offer a master degree in translation: as long as the best jobs in the region are offered by coal-mining enterprises, developing language and translation skills is not enough. A professional translator in a coal-mining region has to be familiar with mining vocabulary, which, like in any other high-tech production sphere, seems either too abstract or too specific for an outsider. Bachelors in coal mining, on the other hand, demonstrate a lack of communication skills if they wish to get a master degree in translation. The article states Content and Language Integrated Learning method (CLIL) as a possible solution for the problem. The method allows the instructor to employ various authentic media sources within the mining works to build up topic cases for communication skills development at the initial stage as well as to extract terminology to compile thematic glossaries at a later stage of translation skills acquisition. The paper includes some examples of CLIL application in teaching translation for coal-mining industry purposes.

Family-Clinician Communication About End-of-Life Care in Korea

Effective communication between family members and clinicians is one of the most important factors in end-of-life care, yet little is known about the extent of such communication in Korea. The purpose of this review was to describe the state of the science in family-clinician communication about end-of-life care in Korea, including the timing of communication, family members’ communication needs, and perceived communication quality. The family-physician communication about do-not-resuscitate decision typically occurred near the patient’s death. Receiving sufficient information about patient care was one of the top priorities of family members at the end of life, yet such needs were not met. Physicians and nurses reported they lack communication skills to provide information about patients’ prognosis and end-of-life treatment options effectively. While empirical data are limited, our review suggests that family-clinician communication at the end of life in Korea is inadequate. This review provides an insight about the ways clinicians communicate with family members at the end of life in Korea, which may be helpful to determine components of communication that need to be improved.

Povezanost straha od javnog nastupa i studentskog angažmana u pripremi usmenih prezentacija

Temelj međuljudskih odnosa je komunikacija koja je u današnjem svijetu neizbježna. Svladavanje komunikacijskih vještina predstavlja temelj uspješnog komuniciranja, odnosno primateljevu sposobnost razumijevanja poruke onako kako ju je pošiljatelj zamislio. Studenti se tijekom svog obrazovanja susreću s usmenim prezentacijama tijekom kojih se često pojavljuje i strah od javnog nastupa. U radu se istražuju čimbenici koji karakteriziraju strah od javnog nastupa te njihovu povezanost s komunikacijskim vještinama. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 75 ispitanika, studenata preddiplomskih i diplomskih studija Sveučilišta u Zadru, a realizirano je anonimnim anketom koja je postavljena na društvenoj mreži Facebook u privatnoj grupi „Sveučilište u Zadru“. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da ispitanici tijekom usmenih prezentacija imaju strah od javnog nastupa u najvećoj mjeri zbog loše pripremljenosti i nepoznavanja komunikacijskih vještina.

Analisis Kualitatif Kecemasan Berkomunikasi Mahasiswa Dengan Dosen Pembimbing Dalam Proses Bimbingan Skripsi

The phenomenon of anxiety experienced by graduate students not only because of the complexity of scientific research process, but also because of worrying to supervisor who guide as well as the methods used by supervisor during thesis guidance. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze students’ communication anxiety with the supervisor in the process of thesis guidance. This research was a study using a qualitative methodology. Data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and observation. The respondents involved were 2 and recruited through snowball sampling technique. The results found that the respondents experienced anxiety when communicated with the supervisor during the thesis guidance. Anxiety is caused by lack of communication skills and experience, reinforcement, degree of evaluation, subordinate status, and degree of dissimilarity.

Resilience to post-traumatic stress among World Trade Center survivors: A mixed-methods study.

The purpose of this study was to identify individual characteristics, behaviors, and psychosocial factors associated with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among World Trade Center (WTC) disaster evacuation survivors. The study utilized a mixed-method design. In-depth interviews were conducted using a prepared script. PTSD was assessed using the PTSD checklist-civilian (PCL-C; a score ≥ 50 indicates probable PTSD). Thematic analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with PTSD. A purposive sample of 29 WTC evacuees was recruited using a multimodal recruitment strategy. Eligibility included: history of evacuation from the WTC (Tower 1 and/or Tower 2) on September 11, 2001, and decisional capacity for informed consent. Five participants had PCL-C scores ≥ 50. Thematic analysis identified resiliency factors (protective for PTSD), including leadership, taking action based on "gut" feelings (to evacuate), social support (staying in a group), going on "automatic survival" mode, and previous training on emergency response. Risk factors for PTSD included lack of emergency response training, lack of sense of urgency, poor physical condition, lack of communication skills, lack of direction, peri-event physical injury, peri-event traumatic exposure (horror), and moral injury (guilt and remorse). Several modifiable factors that may confer resilience were identified. In particular, the role of emergency response training in preventing disaster-related mental illness should be explored as a possible strategy for enhancing resilience to disaster events.

Understanding factors affecting collaboration between midwives and other health care professionals in a birth center and its affiliated Quebec hospital: a case study

BackgroundA better understanding of the processes of collaboration between midwives who work in the birthing centers, and hospital-based obstetricians, family physicians and nurses may promote cooperation among professionals providing maternity care in both institutions. The aim of this research was to explore the barriers and facilitators of the interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration between midwives in birthing centers and other health care professionals in hospitals in Quebec.MethodsA case study design was adopted. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with midwives, multidisciplinary professionals and administrators, through direct observation of activities in maternity units and field notes, and a variety of organizational and policy documents and archives. A qualitative thematic analysis method was used for analyzing transcribed verbatim.ResultsThe study suggests the close intertwinement between interactional, organizational and systemic factors in regard to barriers and opportunities for collaboration between midwives in birthing centers, and physicians and nurses in hospitals in Quebec. At interactional level, our findings show a conflict in scope of midwifery practice, myth about midwives, pre-judgment, and lack of communication skills between health care providers in the studied birthing center and hospital. At the organizational level, this investigation shows that although midwives have complete access to the hospital with which a formal agreement was signed, they were not integrated in hospital because of lack of interest of midwives and differences in philosophy and scope of practice among healthcare professionals as well as the culture of organizations. At a systemic level, in spite of excessive demand for midwifery care, there are not enough midwives to cover these demands.ConclusionMaternity care professionals require taking a collaborative approach in working and the boundaries of responsibility need to be redrawn. The inter-professional collaborative work between midwives and other maternity care professionals is crucial to improve access and women’s choices for maternity care in Canada. Although having collaborative and multidisciplinary teamwork is a goal of maternity care systems, it is hard to achieve.

A critical discourse analysis of the reasons underlying Arab student-teachers’ inadequate English language proficiency

AbstractDespite the emphasis laid on demonstrating English language proficiency by Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NNESTs), research has shown that for various reasons English language teachers graduating from a state-owned university in an Arab country for the past 25 years or so have been found lacking communication skills due to reasons pertinent to their preparation. This Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) study combines data from two different sources and examines from an ideological perspective the reasons underlying those student-teachers’ (STs) deficient English language proficiency. Results have revealed that there have been conflicting and contesting ideological among the various involved agents leading to manipulating the factors affecting those STs’ English language proficiency. The findings have implications for shaping the STs’ language proficiency.

Controversies on Body

My paper is related to applied ethics with special reference to the ethics of communication. The task of this discipline is to defend otherness in the various contexts where it exists. The departure point for my paper is the observation that the physician–patient relationship, instead of being the place of therapeutic alliance, is increasingly becoming a source of conflict, as is shown by the statistics on legal actions between doctors and patients, lack of communication skills identified amongst patients, and cases of burnout amongst doctors. This situation calls on ethics to take two steps simultaneously. Firstly, it must not forego the duty of indicating the rules. Secondly, it must be capable of suggesting directions where those same rules can be applied. Succeeding in this task is decisive not only in domains where the ethical approach may be welcomed, but also for ethics as such, otherwise destined to be a disembodied specialization.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ БРИГАДНОЇ МОДЕЛІ НЕЙРОПСИХОЛОГІЧНОЇ РЕАБІЛІТАЦІЇ ДЛЯ ПОСТРАЖДАЛИХ УЧАСНИКІВ АНТИТЕРОРИСТИЧНОЇ ОПЕРАЦІЇ

The paper touches upon the issue of specificity of applying of the team-model of neuropsychological rehabilitation for affected anti-terrorist operation participants. Neuropsychological and individual psychological features of the combatants are highlighted dependent on the defense line, on which they were. The goals, objectives, principles and valuation methods of the efficiency of psychotherapy are described. The author presents the own neuropsychological directive classification of aggressiveness. There is shown indecent aggression as the primary defect in violation of the functions of different parts of the frontal lobe, the anterior cingulate gyrus, amygdales; as secondary defect – hostile attribution, which occurs in the gnostic and mnestic disorders, lack of intellect, lack of communication skills, disadaptation; as tertiary symptom – negative compensatory alteration of brain functioning on the principle of pathological homeostasis and addiction. The methods, which are applied in the team-model of neuropsychological rehabilitation for affected anti-terrorist operation participants and their families, are proposed and described in details. The work introduces a program of deviant behavior correction by applying meditative techniques within cognitive and behavioral therapy, which allows to destroy neural networks resulting from learned component of maladaptive behavior, to stimulate activity of medial prefrontal cortex, to lessen sensitivity of neocortex to the other parts of a brain, to extent influence of neocortex and relocate activity from the right prefrontal areal to the left.

A novel approach to screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in a large public venue.

The primary aim of this study was to test the feasibility of a public health screening program to identify individuals at high risk of familial hypercholesterolemia through a novel screening approach at a large public venue. A finger-prick, non-fasting lipid panel was obtained, and a survey which consisted of 44 open- and close-ended questions divided into four sections: medical and family history of FH, opinions of cascade genetic testing, patient activation, and demographics was completed. A total of 971 participants met criteria and completed a cholesterol screen. In total, five individuals met either the Simon Broome Register or the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network criteria for possible familial hypercholesterolemia. Participants were generally positive towards genetic testing, and the vast majority listed they had no barriers to communication of genetic testing information to family members. However, the most common barrier listed was lack of communication skills. Our results suggest that a public health screening program for FH is viable at a large public venue. We argue that further research is needed to expand this study to a fully operational screening program.

Facilitating factors and barriers to malaria research utilization for policy development in Malawi.

BackgroundResearch on various determinants of health is key in providing evidence for policy development, thereby leading to successful interventions. Utilization of research is an intricate process requiring an understanding of contextual factors. The study was conducted to assess enhancing factors and barriers of research utilization for malaria policy development in Malawi.MethodsQualitative research approach was used through in-depth interviews with 39 key informants that included malaria researchers, policy makers, programme managers, and key stakeholders. Purposive sampling and snowballing techniques were used in identifying key informants. Interview transcripts were entered in QSR Nvivo 11 software for coding and analysis.ResultsRespondents identified global efforts as key in advancing knowledge translation, while local political will has been conducive for research utilization. Other factors were availability of research, availability of diverse local researchers and stakeholders supporting knowledge translation. While barriers included: lack of platforms for researcher-public engagement, politics, researchers’ lack of communication skills, lack of research collaborations, funder driven research, unknown World Health Organization policy position, and the lack of a malaria research repository.ConclusionOverall, the study identified facilitating factors to malaria research utilization for policy development in Malawi. These factors need to be systematically coordinated to address the identified barriers and improve on malaria research utilization in policy development. Malaria research can be key in the implementation of evidence-based interventions to reduce the malaria burden and assist in the paradigm shift from malaria control to elimination in Malawi.

Prevalence and putative risk markers of challenging behavior in students with intellectual disabilities

Numerous studies have reported a high prevalence of challenging behavior among students with intellectual disabilities (ID). They discuss different putative risk markers as well as their influence on the occurrence of challenging behavior. The study investigates the prevalence of challenging behavior and evaluates in terms of a replication study well-known putative risk markers among a representative sample of students with ID (N=1629) in Bavaria, one of the largest regions in Germany. The research is based on a modified version of the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC). Findings indicate a prevalence rate of 52% for challenging behavior. The following putative risk markers are associated with challenging behavior: intense need for care, male gender, lack of communication skills, and residential setting. These risk markers explain 8.4% of the variance concerning challenging behavior. These results reveal that challenging behavior either is to a large extent determined by situations and interactions between individuals and environment and cannot be explained by the measured individual and social risk markers alone, or it is determined by further risk markers that were not measured.

Barriers to Care Coordination and Medical Home Implementation.

Pediatricians are central in leading the family-centered medical home (FCMH), yet little is known about how provider-perceived barriers to and attitudes toward the FCMH affect implementation. This study aims to assess the relationship between pediatrician-perceived barriers to and attitudes toward FCMH and reported care coordination. Pediatricians working in ambulatory care responded to the American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Survey of Fellows #79 (N = 572, response rate, 59%). Our primary care coordination outcomes were whether pediatricians were: (1) leading a multidisciplinary team; (2) developing care plans; and (3) connecting with support services. Independent variables included barriers to FCMH implementation (lack of communication skills, support services, and time). Associations between outcomes and barriers were assessed by multivariate logistic regression, controlling for pediatrician and practice characteristics. Lack of sufficient personnel was significantly associated with fewer care coordination activities: leading a multidisciplinary team (odds ratio [OR], 0.53), developing care plans (OR, 0.51), and connecting with support services (OR, 0.42). Lacking communication skills was significantly associated with lower odds of development of care plans (OR, 0.56) and assistance with support services (OR, 0.64). Lack of time was significantly associated with lower odds of leading a multidisciplinary team (OR, 0.53). A pediatrician's belief that the FCMH encourages the use of preventive services was significantly associated with increased support services (OR, 2.06). Pediatricians report a need for sufficient personnel and communication skills to provide care coordination, a core component of the FCMH. Interventions to boost FCMH implementation should focus on providing resources to develop these characteristics.

Celebrating My Career Choice

You have accessThe ASHA LeaderFirst Person on the Last Page1 Sep 2016Celebrating My Career ChoiceAn international SLP reflects on the many ways and places in which she has used her credentials. Ann RobertsCCC-SLP, LCST Ann Roberts Google Scholar More articles by this author , CCC-SLP, LCST https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.FPLP.21092016.72 SectionsAbout ToolsAdd to favorites ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In I knew that I wanted to become a speech therapist (the term used in England) when I was about 7 years old. I remember seeing an old black-and-white movie about a deaf child. In one scene the teacher held a balloon to her face and the child’s, while making a /b/ sound. The child could feel the vibrations of the sound and was also able to make the sound. I thought at that moment, “I want to do that.” I didn’t know that it was called “speech therapy,” but I understood for the first time how silence, isolation and lack of communication skills cause anguish for children and their families. The film was made at the Manchester School for the Deaf, and I interviewed there years later to train as a speech and language therapist (SLT). It was a very competitive field—only 13 schools in the United Kingdom trained SLTs and there were about 100 applications for each spot. I was overjoyed to be accepted at a school in Leicester, where I started training in 1979. I had researched my career choice carefully. The variety of opportunities available to SLTs had interested me, and I was right to be intrigued. I have been a speech-language clinician for 34 years, in five different countries. The challenges of the different types of communication difficulties and how they affect my students mean that I’m always researching, and I’m excited to attend trainings where I can learn new things. I maintain my credentials in the UK and in Florida. I love the flexibility of the job. I have worked with people age 0 to 90 as part of the National Health Service in England and Wales, as a private clinician in Dubai and Florida, and as a volunteer in Belize for three years. I was also funded by UNICEF to train special education workers and teachers in Belize. I remember traveling to the rural south of the country in a small plane to work with teachers and workers. I was particularly struck by a mother, who carried her 10-year-old child with cerebral palsy for six miles to see me because she didn’t have transport or a wheelchair. The desperation of parents worldwide to give their children the best they can, whatever their circumstances, inspires me in this work. I’ve worked with children, parents, teachers, nurses and doctors in many situations. I believe that the ability to communicate is a fundamental human right, and helping children access education because they can communicate is the greatest thing I can do with my life. I still get a special feeling when a child learns a new sound or skill or to communicate with an assistive device. I’m proud to be an SLP and I try to inspire others to enter what I consider to be the best profession in the world. My daughter has become an exceptional education teacher, specializing in autism. I know I’ve passed on my passion for communication to her and, I hope, to others. Author Notes Ann Roberts, CCC-SLP, LCST, is a clinician in the Brevard (Florida) Public Schools, working with high school and preschool students in regular and special education. She is a member of ASHA and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, the professional body of speech and language therapists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [email protected] Advertising Disclaimer | Advertise With Us Advertising Disclaimer | Advertise With Us Additional Resources FiguresSourcesRelatedDetails Volume 21Issue 9September 2016 Get Permissions Add to your Mendeley library History Published in print: Sep 1, 2016 Metrics Current downloads: 182 Topicsasha-topicsleader_do_tagasha-article-typesleader-topicsCopyright & Permissions© 2016 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationLoading ...

Psychosocial needs of perinatally HIV-infected youths in Thailand: lessons learnt from instructive counseling

ABSTRACTIdentifying psychosocial needs of perinatally HIV-infected (pHIV) youth is a key step in ensuring good mental health care. We report psychosocial needs of pHIV youth identified using the “Youth Counseling Needs Survey” (YCS) and during individual counseling (IC) sessions. pHIV youth receiving care at two tertiary-care hospitals in Bangkok or at an orphanage in Lopburi province were invited to participate IC sessions. The youths’ psychosocial needs were assessed using instructive IC sessions in four main areas: general health, reproductive health, mood, and psychosocial concerns. Prior to the IC session youth were asked to complete the YCS in which their concerns in the four areas were investigated. Issues identified from the YCS and the IC sessions were compared. During October 2010–July 2011, 150 (68.2%) of 220 eligible youths participated in the IC sessions and completed the YCS. Median age was 14 (range 11–18) years and 92 (61.3%) were female. Mean duration of the IC sessions was 36.5 minutes. One-hundred and thirty (86.7%) youths reported having at least one psychosocial problem discovered by either the IC session or the YCS. The most common problems identified during the IC session were poor health attitude and self-care (48.0%), lack of life skills (44.0%), lack of communication skills (40.0%), poor antiretroviral (ARV) adherence (38.7%), and low self-value (34.7%). The most common problems identified by the YCS were lack of communication skills (21.3%), poor health attitude and self-care (14.0%), and poor ARV adherence (12.7%). Youth were less likely to report psychosocial problems in the YCS than in the IC session. Common psychosocial needs among HIV-infected youth were issues about life skills, communication skills, knowledge on self-care, ARV adherence, and self-value. YCS can identify pHIV youths’ psychosocial needs but might underestimate issues. Regular IC sessions are useful to detect problems and provide opportunities for counseling.

A probe into methods of developing the doctor-patient communication skill for anesthesiology medical students

In view of the problems that anesthesiology medical students have such as poor communication awareness, lack of communication skills, lack of confidence, and so on, it is particularly important to improve the students' doctor-patient communication ability, guarantee their medical quality and reduce the dispute between doctors and patients. In the teaching practice, we improve students' ability of doctor-patient communication by paying more attention to the education of medical ethics, strengthening the train-ing of professional knowledge and skills, optimizing the curriculum structure, improving the quality of teachers, the implementation of case teaching, and establishing a comprehensive evaluation mechanism etc, and have got good results. Key words: Anesthesiology; Doctor-patient communication; Medical education

Constructing an ACP Simulation-Situation Communication Training Program for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

The aging population and changing lifestyles have lead to the increased general risk of chronic kidney disease. Taiwan currently has the highest incidence and prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) of any country or region in the world. Hemodialysis patients must endure comorbidities and face the uncertainties of death. The best way to achieve a good death is for patients to sign advance care planning (ACP). However, the key factors contributing to low ACP signature rates have been the lack of communication skills and related training among medical staffs. This article explores the dilemma of ACP using an example of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and proposes a theory-based approach to develop a theoretical framework for an ACP simulation-situation communication training program that integrates the simulation situation model, PREPARED model, and scaffolding theory. Readers may use this framework to design ACP simulation-situation communication training programs that conform to their own conditions and then test the effectiveness and feasibility of these programs in clinical settings.

Factores de riesgo en el uso problemático de Internet y del teléfono móvil en adolescentes españoles

The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between maladaptive use of Internet and mobile phone and various imbalances in social skills, stress management, self-esteem and life satisfaction, and to explore differences in such uses/abuses according to socio demographic variables, such as gender and age. To do this, using a two-stage sampling of convenience with intra-group randomized downsampling, was selected 200 students (104 boys and 96 girls) aged between 12 and 17 years (M=14.34; DT=1.637) enrolled in several secondary schools in Principado de Asturias (Spain). According to the results, it has been found that the imbalances in stress management skills predict the most likely to misuse in both technologies. Also, difficulties in managing stress and lack of communication skills, predict problematic uses of Internet -related compulsive habits, self control problems and conflicts generated by feelings. It was confirmed that girls and older adolescents suffer more problems related to mobile phone use problematic. The implications of such problematic uses are discussed and abounds in the desirability of promoting prevention and psychosocial intervention.

Dificultades de las enfermeras de atención primaria en los procesos de planificación anticipada de las decisiones: un estudio cualitativo

ObjectiveTo know the primary care nurses’ difficulties to promote advance care planning process with patients in the end of life. DesignPhenomenological qualitative methodology. LocationHealth Management Area North of Jaén. ParticipantsPrimary care nurses. MethodPurposive sampling. Fourteen in-depth interviews were conducted until the speeches saturation. Content analysis in four steps: transcription, coding, obtaining results and conclusions verification. Supported whit the software Nvivo 8. Triangulation of results between researchers. ResultsProfessionals’ difficulties: Lack of knowledge about the topic, lack of communication skills, lack of experience and presence of negative emotions. In the health institution lack of time and interference with other professionals is a barrier. Also the patient's attitude and the family are identified as an obstacle because few people speak about the end of life. Finally, our society prevents open discussion about issues related to death. ConclusionsProfessional learning about advanced care planning, training in communication skills and emotional education are necessary. Health managers should consider the fact that early interventions for planning health decisions require training, time and continued attention. If a cultural change does not happen, an evasive way to face the end of life will persist.

Nurses’ role and care practices in decision-making regarding artificial ventilation in late stage pulmonary disease

Decisions regarding whether or not to institute mechanical ventilation during the later stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is challenging both ethically, emotionally and medically. Caring for these patients is a multifaceted process where nurses play a crucial role. Research question and design: We have investigated how nurses experienced their own role in decision-making processes regarding mechanical ventilation in later stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and how they consider the patients' role in these processes. We applied a qualitative approach, with six focus-group interviews of nurses (n = 26). Ethical considerations: The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics approved the study. Voluntary informed consent was obtained. The nurses found themselves operating within a cure-directed treatment culture wherein they were unable to stand up for the caring values. They perceived their roles and responsibilities in decision-making processes regarding mechanical ventilation to patients as unclear and unsatisfactory. They also experienced inadequate interdisciplinary cooperation. Lack of communication skills, the traditional hierarchical hospital culture together with operating in a medical-orientated treatment culture where caring values is rated as less important might explain the nurses' absence in participation in the decision about mechanical ventilation. To be able to advocate for the patients' and their own right to be included in decision-making processes, nurses need an awareness of their own responsibilities. This requires personal courage, leadership who are capable of organising common interpersonal meetings and willingness on the part of the physicians to include and value the nurses' participation in decision-making processes.