Tanwani Rahul, Chandki Rita, Joshi Ajay, Arora Vinod Kumar, Nyati Prem, Sutay Seema
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Index Medical College, Indore, India.
Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Modern Dental College and Research Center, Indore, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jun;11(6):JC12-JC14. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24858.10120. Epub 2017 Jun 1.
The knowledge of proper communication skills with the patients plays a pivotal role in success of medical professionals. A practical approach would be to initiate its training at an early stage of education period of undergraduate medical students.
To assess perception and attitude of medical students towards Communication Skills Lab (CSL) and teaching module in Central India.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of General Surgery at Index Medical College, Indore, India. Undergraduate medical students were trained as per a systematic teaching module in a well equipped 'CSL'. Feedback was obtained via Likert scale and analysed after completion of the training course of eight days.
A majority of the students (96.43%) opined that the training had improved their communication with the patients. They also felt that such training should be integrated in regular teaching curriculum of our country.
The training of basic communication skills can be introduced at an early stage of undergraduate medical curriculum in form of an effective, interesting and acceptable teaching module.
掌握与患者恰当的沟通技巧对医学专业人员的成功起着关键作用。一种切实可行的方法是在本科医学生教育阶段的早期就开始进行这方面的培训。
评估印度中部医学生对沟通技能实验室（CSL）及教学模块的认知和态度。
本横断面研究在印度印多尔市索引医学院普通外科进行。本科医学生按照系统教学模块在设备完善的“CSL”中接受培训。通过李克特量表获取反馈，并在为期八天的培训课程结束后进行分析。
大多数学生（96.43%）认为培训提高了他们与患者的沟通能力。他们还认为这种培训应纳入我国的常规教学课程。
基本沟通技能培训可以在本科医学课程的早期阶段以有效、有趣且可接受的教学模块形式引入。
