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- Title
Effect of an interventional training programme on communication skills for first-year medical students at Suez University, Egypt.
- Authors
FAWZY, RASHA MOHMED; ABDELMONEM, DOAA KAMAL; ABDULMAJEED, ABDULMAJEED AHMED; ABDELAZIM, SAMY ABDELRAZEK
- Abstract
Background. Communication is a taught skill that improves clinical practice. Some of the basic competencies that must be taught in a medical curriculum are interpersonal and communication skills according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Objectives. This study was conducted to design, implement and evaluate the effect of an interventional programme on first-year medical students’ communication skills. Material and methods. This was a pre-post interventional study. The study sample was 109 first-year medical students who attended the field training course in four family medicine units/centres affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population in the Suez governorate. The current study aimed to measure their communication skills before and after the implementation of the interventional programme by using a pre-post observation checklist from December 2019 to June 2021. Results. The study found that the post-intervention median total communication skills score was significantly higher than the pre-intervention median total score (30.0 (IQR: 28–32) vs 13.50 (IQR: 11–15)), with significant improvements in all items after the intervention. There was a statistically significant relationship between the percent change in the total Liverpool Communication Skills Assessment Scale and participants’ residence and social participation. Conclusions. The interventional programme improved communication skills among the study sample of first-year medical students after implementation. Communication among medical students needs to be improved in the faculty curriculum.
- Subjects
EGYPT; EXPERIMENTAL design; SOCIAL participation; EVALUATION of human services programs; COMMUNICATIVE competence; MEDICAL students; HUMAN services programs; PRE-tests &; post-tests; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; RESIDENTIAL patterns; STATISTICAL sampling; MEDICAL education
- Publication
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 2, p155
- ISSN
1734-3402
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5114/fmpcr.2023.127673