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Attitude of Physiotherapy Students towards Communication Skills and Effects of an Interactive Lecture - A Randomized Controlled Trial


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1 Dept. of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College,Mangalore, India
2 Dept. of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
3 Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
     

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Introduction

Communication is essential in almost all aspects of health care, from history taking to providing information to the patient. Communication skills have a significant impact on patient care and correlate with improved health outcomes and health care quality.

Purpose of study

To assess the attitudes of undergraduate and post graduates physiotherapy students towards communication skill learning and to study the effect of an interactive lecture on communication skill on the attitude of undergraduate and postgraduate students towards learning communication skill's.

Methodology

Study design: Randomized controlled trial Subjects All Undergraduate, Interns, and Post graduate students of Physiotherapy requiring direct interaction with patients were included in this study. Testing instrument The Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) was used to assess the attitudes towards communication skill learning.

Results

The mean base line score of CSAS was calculated for the experimental&control group which was 86.38 and 87.5 respectively. Repeated measures ANOVA showed no statistically significant difference between the experimental&Control group.

Conclusion

Positive result was shown towards communication skill learning among the physiotherapy students. However, the attitude did not improve after a brief interactive lecture on communication skills.


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Authors

Vaishali
Dept. of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College,Mangalore, India
Sailakshmi Ganeshan
Dept. of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
C. V. Raghuveer
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Abstract


Introduction

Communication is essential in almost all aspects of health care, from history taking to providing information to the patient. Communication skills have a significant impact on patient care and correlate with improved health outcomes and health care quality.

Purpose of study

To assess the attitudes of undergraduate and post graduates physiotherapy students towards communication skill learning and to study the effect of an interactive lecture on communication skill on the attitude of undergraduate and postgraduate students towards learning communication skill's.

Methodology

Study design: Randomized controlled trial Subjects All Undergraduate, Interns, and Post graduate students of Physiotherapy requiring direct interaction with patients were included in this study. Testing instrument The Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) was used to assess the attitudes towards communication skill learning.

Results

The mean base line score of CSAS was calculated for the experimental&control group which was 86.38 and 87.5 respectively. Repeated measures ANOVA showed no statistically significant difference between the experimental&Control group.

Conclusion

Positive result was shown towards communication skill learning among the physiotherapy students. However, the attitude did not improve after a brief interactive lecture on communication skills.


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