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Effect of a 2-day communication skills training on nursing and midwifery students' empathy: a randomised controlled trial.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Alhassan, Mustapha |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | IntroductionEmpathy is crucial to the fundamental aim and achievement of nursing and midwifery goals. Researchers agree on the positive role empathy plays in interpersonal relationships when providing healthcare. Models of good communication have been developed to assist nurses, midwives and doctors to improve their ability to communicate with patients. This study investigated the effect of a 2-day communication skills training (CST) on nursing and midwifery students’ empathy in a randomised controlled trial.MethodsThe two groups had a baseline data collection at the same time. The intervention group had a CST, followed by post-test on day 3. The control group had post-test on day 4 just before their CST. The empathy outcome was measured with Jefferson Scales of Empathy-Health Professions Student version. Both groups had a follow-up test at the same time 6 months after the CST.ResultsIn this study, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores of empathy between the groups F(1, 171)=0.18, p=0.675. The intervention group had baseline T1 (M=109.8, SD=9.8, d=0.160), and post-test T2 (M=111.9, SD=9.0, d=0.201), whereas the control group had baseline T1 (M=107.9, SD=11.46, d=0.160), and post-test T2 (M=110.0, SD=11.0, d=0.201). Baseline data were collected on 15 June 2013.ConclusionsThis study has shown that empathy may not be enhanced within a short period after CST. |
| Journal | BMJ Open |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC6429730 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| PubMed reference number | 30826757 |
| e-ISSN | 20446055 |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023666 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Publisher Date | 2019-03-01 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. |
| Subject Keyword | empathy nursing education midwifery randomised controlled trial Ghana |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
