Teaching Communication Skills Research Articles

Knowledge and Perception of Soft Skills Among Medical Students and Postgraduate Residents at Services Hospital Lahore

Background and Objectives: Soft skills have emerged as a novel focal area for health care practitioners. Objective of this study was to assess the perception of medical students and postgraduate residents regarding soft skills and the need of incorporating these skills into the curriculum.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at the Services Institute of Medical Sciences and Services Hospital in Lahore from January 1st to March 31st, 2023. A total of 192 participants, divided into two groups on the basis of their academic and clinical experience(Group 1 medical students final year and group 2 postgraduate residents of SHL (1st year) were included in the study after informed consent. Participants were given a pre-designed, validated questionnaire to record their details and assess their soft skills.Results: Postgraduate doctors were more effective at educating and motivating patients regarding treatment plans (84.4% vs. 15.6%, p < 0.0001), problem solving in critical situations (83.3% vs. 16.7%, p = 0.0001), and managing ethical conflicts (82.3% vs. 17.7%, p < 0.0001) compared to medical students. Doctors reported being taught communication skills (88.5% vs. 67.7%, p = 0.0005), critical thinking and problem- solving skills (81.3% vs. 31.3%, p=0.0001), time management skills (89.6% vs. 10.4%, p = 0.0001), and leadership skills (77.1% vs. 57.3%, p = 0.0035) more than medical students. A higher proportion of doctors had been assessed by their supervisors on communication skills (71.9% vs. 41.7%, p = 0.00003), critical thinking and problem-solving skills (49.0% vs. 27.1%, p = 0.0018), and leadership skills (74.0% vs. 33.3%, p = 0.0001) compared to medical students.Conclusion: Postgraduate doctors exhibit stronger aptitude in essential soft skills as compared to medical students therefore efforts should be made to integrate soft skills in healthcare educational program for better patient care and prepare medical students and residents for the multifaceted challenges they will face in their career.Key words: soft skills, perception, curriculum.  

Teaching communication skills in early years of medical education through telemedicine.

Teaching communication skills in early years of medical education through telemedicine.

[Communication training in otorhinolaryngology education : Comparison of an online and aclassroom-based training course].

Communication skills are among the most important key qualifications of the medical profession. To what extent these can also be acquired online in medical education in otolaryngology is investigated in this study. Avoluntary online training for the teaching of communication skills was compared with acorresponding face-to-face format. The question of the extent to which acceptance of the two formats and students' self-assessment of their communicative skills differed was investigated. In the online training, students were prepared for the topic asynchronously via avideo. Thereafter, they were able to conduct consultations with simulation patients online and synchronously. The face-to-face training was comparable in structure and duration and took place in an earlier semester. The acceptance of both seminars was assessed by aquestionnaire with 19items on afive-point Likert scale. Self-assessment of communication skills was measured by a10-cm visual analog scale pre/post with 16items. Both formats achieved high acceptance with an average score (M) of 2.08 (standard deviation, SD = 0.54) for the online format and M = 1.97 (SD = 0.48) for the face-to-face event. Students' self-assessments of communication skills showed atwofold increase in the online group (M = 1.54, SD = 0.94) compared to the face-to-face group (M = 0.75, SD = 0.87). This study shows that teaching communication skills in the online format was well accepted and resulted in significant changes in students' self-assessment of communication skills.

Understanding pre-service teachers’ improvement in professional practice: a quantitative perspective

ABSTRACT This paper examines the extent to which pre-service teachers exhibit improvements in their professional practice while on placement in their final years of initial teacher education (ITE). This research involved an analysis of the placement grades of three cohorts of pre-service post-primary teachers (N = 198) as they completed the final two years of a four-year concurrent programme of teacher education in the Republic of Ireland. For those placements completed in Year 3 and Year 4 of this programme, the pre-service teachers received a mark for eight ‘key’ skills sets (for instance, Classroom Management, Assessment). Scores on these skill sets contributed to their total mark for that placement. The analysis conducted on these scores suggests that pre-service teachers’ overall skills and competencies improve in the final years of their ITE programme. The findings also indicate that pre-service teachers’ performance from Year 3 to Year 4 showed a statistically significant improvement in skills relating to Professionalism, Teacher Communication Skills, Classroom and Lesson Management, and Inclusive Practice. Such data can provide evidence to inform programme evaluation, planning, and delivery. The findings from this research may also contribute to the design of continuing professional development for newly qualified teachers.

Pengaruh Penggunaan Metode Diskusi Terhadap Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Bahasa Indonesia

The aim of this research is to find out how students' communication skills during discussions can have an influence on student learning outcomes, as well as knowing student learning outcomes, and to find out the significant influence between teacher communication skills on the learning outcomes of class XI students at SMKN 1 Tana Toraja. This research is a quantitative descriptive research with the type of research using a field survey. Data collection techniques in this research used observation, questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique in this research is Product moment correlation. The results of this research can be concluded that students' communication skills in the discussion method have a good influence with a percentage of 65% and student learning outcomes are sufficient with a percentage of 35%. There is a significant influence between students' communication skills on learning outcomes in the Indonesian language subject class XI SMKN 1 Tana Toraja. Hypothesis testing is as follows: where ro = 0.005 is greater than r table at a significance level of 5% = 0.396, thus Ha is accepted and HO is rejected. This means that the better the students' ability to communicate, the better the grades obtained by students at SMKN 1 Tana Toraja.

An idea-packed guide for scientists teaching communication skills

“Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide” is aimed at scientists who want to teach science students transferrable communication skills. It starts with a rallying cry and is filled with creative ideas for teaching sessions with top tips on how to run them effectively. Above all, this book should help scientists instil a disposition in their students that should underpin any act of communication — empathy.

Rural Early Childhood Educators’ Perception of Music-Based Pedagogy in Teaching Communication Skills to Children

Early childhood care and Education is an important phase for impacting communication skills to children for building a strong sense of identity and belonging. The South African National Curriculum Framework (NCF) regards communication skills as one of the six early learning and development areas considered for Early Childhood and Education (ECCE). Caps Grade R admonishes educators to support learners with interpersonal Communication Skills and to develop their Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency by engaging them in activities that focus on rhymes. Thus, South African children need skillful educators to employ developmental implementation strategies to support their acquisition of these skills. Research shows that subjects like Life Skills, English Language, Civic Education, and Mathematics are successfully implemented using music-based pedagogy. However, because ECCE is relatively new in South Africa, there is no strong structure to support the ECCE/ECD (Early Childhood Development) educators in employing music-based pedagogies to teach communication skills to the children. This article focuses on the rural ECD/ECCE educators’ perception and experiences in employing music-based pedagogy to support the children’s acquisition of communication skills. The study was conducted at two ECD/ECCE centres in Northern Cape province, South Africa.This is participatory visual research where Six ECD/ECCE Educators were engaged in semi-structured interviews and reflective activities on how they facilitate communication skills using music. The study was informed by Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. The educators supported music-based pedagogy, however, inadequate musical training, non-availability of musical resources, and non-inclusion of music as an independent subject in the CAPS/NRF documents are their constraints. In their pre-service teacher education programs, almost all South African institutions include creative arts training; the course is typically taught over one semester, and music is merely one of the various creative arts subfields. As a result, the pre-service teachers lack the necessary musical background to implement music-based instruction. In conclusion, the study recommends musical intervention training to empower ECD/ECCE educators. Keywords: Early Childhood Development, Rural Context, Music-Based Pedagogy Communication Skills.

Creation of a model for training the communication skills of medical specialists

BACKGROUND: Effective interaction between medical workers and patients is not only a service function but also influences compliance with the implementation of recommendations for the prevention and treatment of diseases. The communicative competence of healthcare professionals affects treatment effectiveness and the success of health-preserving measures.
 AIM: To examine the problems associated with the formation of communicative competence and determine the fundamental principles of the model of communicative skills of a medical worker.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature review of 32 domestic and 54 foreign publications on teaching communication in medicine was performed. The work of an expert focus group within the framework of a strategic session on communication skills “A coordinated approach to teaching communication skills in medicine” was analyzed.
 RESULTS: During the work of the focus group, experts reviewed and specified the main shortcomings in the work of medical personnel in ensuring communication with the patient. In the second part of the focus group work, based on communication defects, four blocks of skills were developed to avoid communication errors. Because of a review of literature data and a generalization of the results of the work of experts, a prototype model of the communication skills of a medical worker was proposed.
 CONCLUSIONS: Existing models of medical communication must adapt to national characteristics based on research and joint discussions. The authors propose using fundamental principles of the model of communication skills of a medical worker in educational programs of higher and additional professional education, as outlined in this article.

Investigation into the effectiveness of using Problem-Based Learning in Teaching Communication Skills in English to Engineering Students

In the trend of innovating university teaching methods in the direction of student-centered learning, the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method is being studied and applied in higher education institutions in many countries. The article proposes the application of a problem-based teaching approach to teaching English communication skills to engineering students. The study included 45 undergraduate students, 42 males and 3 female, majoring in Engineering and Technology of Fast-tracked program and enrolled in an EFL course at University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University. With a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research has shown the effect of the application of problem-based learning in teaching communication skills in English to engineering students, and shows students' positive attitude towards these activities in their learning. Besides, the research has also found out the main difficulties of students when they implemented group works to solve problems. It came to the conclusion that problem-based learning is an ideal teaching method since it enables engineering students not only to improve significantly their oral and written communication skills but also to apply the content knowledge in their major in the English language course. It is hoped that this study can provide researchers and teachers with useful implication for using English as a medium of instruction in sciences related subjects.
  
  

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS TOWARDS LEARNING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Objective: Communication plays an essential role in present era of medical and health system where doctor should maintain good interpersonal relationship with patients. Teaching of communication skills to medical students as a part of the curriculum has gained importance in recent past. This study was conducted to assess attitude of medical students towards learning communication skills.
 Methods: Prior institutional ethical committee approval and prior informed consent obtained from participants. Study conducted among medical students of second and third year MBBS. Students were given a questionnaire (google forms). Questionnaire consisted of 26 items related to positive and negative attitude; 13 items in each subscale. Responses received were entered and analysed in Microsoft excel.
 Results: Total of 300 students participated, with a response rate of 76%. 132(57.9%) students were second year and 96(42.1%) were third year. 159(69.7%) students were females and 69(30.3%) were males. Reliability of scale was calculated using Cronbach’s Alpha, 0.859 for PAS and 0.704 for NAS; which were good and acceptable values. Better positive attitude scores (52.34±6.03) observed over negative attitude scores (40.07±6.40), implies students having a positive attitude towards learning communication skills. There were no significant differences between scores when compared between males and females and between second and third year MBBS students.
 Conclusion: Results of study emphasize that introduction of AETCOM learning modules in the medical curriculum has a positive impact on students towards learning communication skills. Doctor-patient inter-relationship, treatment decision-making, etc., are dependent on doctor’s communication skills; which can be improved and strengthened with AETCOM implementation in medical curriculum.

How simulated patients contribute to student learning in an authentic way, an interview study

IntroductionSimulated patients (SPs) play an instrumental role in teaching communication skills and enhancing learning outcomes. Prior research mostly focused on the SP’s contribution to students’ learning outcomes by providing feedback afterwards. A detailed understanding of the contribution of the SP during SP-student encounters is currently lacking although the majority of the interaction between SPs and students occurs during the SP-student encounter. Therefore, this study focuses on how SPs see their contribution to meaningful student learning experiences during SP-student encounters.MethodsWe interviewed fifteen simulated patients from one institution. We explored their perspectives on meaningful learning experiences during SP-student encounters through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsSPs view their contribution to meaningful student learning during SP-student encounters from two perspectives. A collective perspective as a member of the community of SPs and an individual perspective. From the collective perspective, SPs believe that the fact that students deal with multiple varied SP-student encounters over time is of value for meaningful learning. From the individual perspective, we noticed that SPs think, act, and react from three different positions. First, as the patient in the role description, second, as a teaching aid and third, as an individual with personal experiences, beliefs, and values. SPs mentioned that the ratio between these different positions can vary within and between encounters.ConclusionsAccording to SPs, we should value the variation between SPs, thereby creating meaningful variation in authentic interactions in SP-student encounters. SPs should be allowed to act and react from different positions during SP-student encounters, including their role description, as teaching aid, and based on their own experiences. In this way, SP-student encounters are optimized to contribute to meaningful student learning through authenticity.

Takım Çalışmasını Öğretmek: Mühendislik Öğrencileri ile Online Teknik Yazma Dersleri

Using a pragmatic approach, this case study aims to incorporate communication skills in team teaching in light of the literature, describes how communication and teamwork principles play out in online third-year technical writing courses with ethnically diverse international students and faculty from engineering and other STEM majors at an institute of technology in the USA (n = 48). The data were collected using weekly assignments for the semester-long course; and student evaluations of course outcomes. The findings showed that because students wrote weekly short analyses and received weekly feedback, they most often improved their writing skills, such as editing their writings according to American English rules, and transferred learning of rhetorical principles from one setting (analyzing other people’s writing) into another setting as they learnt to work as a team of productive writers.

PENGEMBANGAN KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI GURU UNTUK MENINGKATKAN EFEKTIVITAS PEMBELAJARAN

Teachers are the most crucial element in the overall structure of the education system, which should be the main and central focus. . Teachers have a key role in the development of education, especially in the context of formal implementation in the school environment. lack of time management skills. Therefore, all improvement efforts to improve the quality of education will not have a significant impact without the support of teachers who have good professionalism and qualifications. In this study using descriptive qualitative research methods using library research methods. Researchers in this case as the core instrument assisted by incidental tools conduct studies and analysis of scientific literature in the form of books, scientific journal articles and other scientific papers related to Teacher Communication Skills Determine Learning Effectiveness. Teachers' communication skills have a crucial role in determining the effectiveness of learning. Camp

An online communication skills education program for midwifery students: A quasi-experimental study

BackgroundCommunication and entrepreneurship skills, which have a very important place among the 21st century skills, are among the basic skills that a midwife should have. ObjectiveThis study was carried out to investigate the effect of the Communication Skills Education Program on the communication and entrepreneurship skills of the midwifery students. DesignThis study was designed a quasi-experimental study. SettingsOnline. ParticipantsFirst grade Bachelor of Midwifery Science students (n = 117). MethodsIn this study, the Communication Skills Education Program was given to midwifery students. The Communication Skills Assessment Scale and University Students Entrepreneurship Scale were administered before the education program was implemented (pre-test), when the training program was completed (post-test), and six months after the education program was completed (post-test). Classified data were given in numbers and percentage distribution. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between the variables. In order to test the significance of the difference between pre-test, post-test and follow-test the repeated measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was performed.Results: The mean age of the participating students was 19.46 ± 1.74 (min. 18.0, max: 31.0) years. While 8.5 % of the students received training on communication previously, 7.7 % of the students received education on entrepreneurship previously. Statistically significant differences were determined between the scores the students obtained at the pre-test, post-test and follow-up test [F = 224.38, p = .00/F = 325.13, p = .00]. The Bonferroni test performed to find out from which tests the difference stemmed demonstrated that there was a significant difference between the mean scores obtained at all the tests. According to the analysis of the relationship between the mean scores the students obtained from the scales, there was a moderately significant positive correlation only between their pre-test mean scores. ConclusionsIn conclusion, we determined that the Communication Skills Education Program improved the students' communication and entrepreneurship skills.

Playing I Learn Digital Classroom: Innovating the Teaching of English Communication Skills

The use of resources for digital education provides a favorable environment for students to practice and acquire a second language quickly and effectively. The objective of this educational study was to demonstrate that the implementation of digital educational resources improves English communicative skills in basic education students, Ecuador, 2023. A quasi-experimental methodology with a quantitative approach was used, using 80 students as the study population. The pretest results indicated slightly superior performance in the experimental group in all evaluated categories, highlighting a 10% increase in the Listening category. Subsequently, a 'Program for the use of digital educational resources' was introduced to enhance communicative skills in English. The results of the subsequent phase revealed that the majority of the students in the sixth grade 'A' had Listening (97.50%) and Reading (95.0%) skills at intermediate levels. However, a significant need for improvement in Writing skills was identified, since more than 50% of the students were at the low level. In response to these findings, a didactic guide focused on the development of English writing skills was developed, supporting the continuous need to adjust and perfect educational approaches to meet the changing demands of language learning.

English teacher competency: a study with different school levels and teaching experience

ABSTRACT This study investigated effects of school levels and years of teaching on the teacher’s perceived competency of teaching English using an English subject-specific competency (ESSC) inventory of five constructs: language proficiency (LP), cultural teaching (CT), grammar translation teaching (GTT), communication skills teaching (CST), student-centred teaching (ST). 614 English teachers in Korea were surveyed. The results showed that English teacher perceived competency seems to be more related to school levels than years of teaching. The result of MANOVA showed the school levels and years of teaching have an effect on English teachers’ competency. The results of ANOVA showed that three constructs (LP, CST, ST) were statistically significant with school levels, but only one construct, CST was statistically significant with years of teaching. Interaction effects showed that the means of LP and GTT increased by years of teaching for primary school teachers, but those for middle and high school teachers fluctuated slightly by years of teaching. These results suggest that the competence of English teachers should be understood in a multidimensional way with school level and experience variables. Pedagogical implications were discussed based on the findings.

The Effectiveness of a Role-Play Activity in Improving EFL learners’ Communicative Skills

English is a language subject, and language teaching is usually carried out in the form of communication. Enhancing the effectiveness of teaching communicative skills is of great significance in promoting the improvement of EFL learners’ English learning level. Role-play is a very vivid and interesting way of teaching, and its introduction into English communicative teaching can effectively enhance the enthusiasm of EFL learners’ oral communication teaching and enhance the teaching effect. In view of this, this paper mainly takes the role-playing teaching method as an example, and briefly analyses how to realize the innovation of English teaching ability teaching.

Retracted: A Study on the Integration of Business English Teaching and Intercultural Communication Skills Cultivation Model Based on Intelligent Algorithm

Retracted: A Study on the Integration of Business English Teaching and Intercultural Communication Skills Cultivation Model Based on Intelligent Algorithm

The Impact of Providing Chatbot Content on Developing the English Communication Skills Among Al-Azhar Kindergarten Teachers

This paper focuses on investigating the impact of using Chatbot content on improving the English communication skills of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif kindergarten teachers. The researcher used a quasi-experimental design to explain the differences that occurred in the teachers` performance before and after the intervention of the Chatbot content. This design required the researcher to develop a performance observation checklist, which is the main tool of this research. In addition, the researcher constructed the Chatbot content and the e-training programme. After the research design was completed, thirty-three (33) female Azhari kindergarten teachers participated in this experiment. The performance observation checklist was used for evaluating the teachers` performance before and after the intervention of the Chatbot content and for measuring the teachers` retention of the acquired skills. At the end of the research, a statistical analysis of the results was applied. The results showed a statistically significant difference at the level of 0.05 on the performance observation checklist`s mean scores of the sample teachers' pre-and post-application of the Chatbot content in favour of the postapplication. The second statistical analysis of the performance observation checklist showed that there is no significant difference between the sample teachers` mean scores in the post- and follow-up application of the Chatbot content. These results are proof that validate the research`s main assumption that Chatbot content can improve the English communication skills of kindergarten teachers.

Whole task simulation in surgical training: A hybrid method of teaching undergraduate medical students

Background: The current Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum practiced in India accentuates that medical graduates must demonstrate competency in safely diagnosing, investigating, and managing clinical presentations across both community and secondary care settings. Therefore, there is a need for more hybrid teaching methods that simulate real situations. This approach will help newly qualified doctors gain confidence and prepare them for the future. We used the whole task simulation method to teach them one of the most common surgical problems i.e., breast cancer along with communication skills, professionalism, Interprofessional teamwork, asepsis, and safe surgery practices. Methods: The study enrolled 20 final-year MBBS students through purposeful sampling. Following classroom-based teaching on a Breast case, a simulated scenario was given, based on SECO (The Safe and Effective Clinical Outcome) design, and was modified with the addition of a simulated operating room setup. History taking, examination, ordering investigations and interpreting them, pre-operative counseling and consent and operation theatre scenario was done using standardized patient and mannequins. Pre- and post-simulation survey was conducted. Quantitative data were collected through Google Forms to assess their conceptual knowledge and qualitative data by Focused group discussions. Results: Students preferred a shift to this hybrid method of learning in a simulated environment over classical classroom-based teaching. They all felt that getting involved in a real-life situation helps in understanding surgical management better. They also understood the concept of teamwork and effective communication. "I feel it’s the best way to learn clinical medicine. No amount of literature could ever replace the knowledge we get from being in the scenario", was one of the responses given by the participants. Conclusion: Integration of surgical simulated clinics along with the operation room (OR) set up into the undergraduate curriculum could facilitate the acquisition of clinical skills actively and interactively. Such a hybrid method of teaching is an effective tool for teaching communication skills, professionalism, interprofessional teamwork along clinical skills.