Assessment of labor room communication skills among postgraduate students of obstetrics and gynecology

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Amiten_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Bhartien_US
dc.contributor.authorVerma, Ashoken_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Chanderdeepen_US
dc.contributor.authorThakur, Sitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSoni, Anjalien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T08:04:58Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T08:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: “Communication with patients” is an important skill needed for every physician in their clinical practice.  These soft skills are required in dealing with patients at every step which include history taking from the patients, explaining them the diagnosis, the prognosis of the disease with associated complications. Dealing with empathy, taking informed consent, explaining the operative procedure and the complications associated with surgery, the art of breaking bad news are the mandatory skills for a good clinician. Labouring women like other patients also require special attention and empathy. So, the residents working in labor room need commitment to develop these soft skills in order to improve the labor room experience of expectant mothers. Objective of this study was to analyse role of a formal training in labor room communication skills among post graduate students of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.Methods: Faculty and students’ sensitization was done after approval from institutional ‘ethics committee’ for conducting this study. Pre-workshop assessment of residents for communication skills attitude and effective communication was done through ‘communication skill attitude scale’ (CSAS) and ‘GAP-KALAMAZOO scale’. Workshop for communication skills on the framework of Calgary Cambridge patient interview model and online teaching of students through what’s app videos, role-play demonstrations was followed by reassessment of the residents through above used scales.Results: Results depicted both improvements in attitude and effective communication skills among residents. 100% of the students were convinced and opined that good communication skills necessary for perfect clinical practice.Conclusions: The skill to communicate with patients is a fine art and needs to be mastered to be a good clinician. A formal training in effective communication skills is absolutely necessary to bring professionalism in medical practice.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, DRPGMC, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Anesthesia, DRPGMC, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta Amit, Gupta Bharti, Verma Ashok, Sharma Chanderdeep, Thakur Sita, Soni Anjali. Assessment of labor room communication skills among postgraduate students of obstetrics and gynecology. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020 Jun; 9(6): 2281-2287en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1770
dc.identifier.issn2320-1789
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/207736
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20202297en_US
dc.subjectCommunication skillsen_US
dc.subjectLabor roomen_US
dc.subjectParturienten_US
dc.subjectPost graduate studentsen_US
dc.titleAssessment of labor room communication skills among postgraduate students of obstetrics and gynecologyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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