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Subjective and objective outcomes of communication skills training in first year
Author(s) -
WINEFIELD HELEN R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1982.tb01247.x
Subject(s) - empathy , medical education , psychology , communication skills , training (meteorology) , class (philosophy) , applied psychology , medicine , social psychology , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , meteorology
Summary An 8‐hour training programme in basic communication skills was carried out for an entire behavioural science class. Students participated in small‐group practical workshops which focused on attending and primary accurate empathy (Egan, 1975). The latter was assessed objectively by written responses to short trigger statements, and in matched pre‐ and post‐training measures showed a significant overall increase in empathetic responding. Student evaluations of the project were positive and allowed suggestions for increasing the impact of similar training efforts in the future.