Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 6, 2026
09:55
Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology
Published on: September 28, 2022
Faculty-development activity to promote effective communication between instructors and students
Netta Notzer1, Ruth Abramovitz
1Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. mededu@post.tau.ac.il
The Clinical Teacher
|December 8, 2010
Summary
Effective communication strategies can resolve conflicts between educators and students. Workshops focusing on empathetic dialogue and respecting individual personalities enhance teacher-student interactions and improve learning outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Communication Studies
- Psychology
Background:
- Teacher-student conflicts and miscommunications hinder optimal learning.
- Patronizing communication and value clashes between clinical instructors and medical students are common.
- Language-based developmental levels can be a framework for understanding and resolving these conflicts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present an approach for managing conflicts arising from instructor-student communication.
- To shift instructors from reactive communication to efficient, high-level dialogue.
- To improve the quality of communication in medical education settings.
Main Methods:
- Piloted faculty-development workshops using vignettes of instructor-student conflicts.
- Facilitated discussions on participants' feelings and immediate speech reactions in conflict scenarios.
- Emphasized individualized communication strategies that respect student personality over imposed solutions.
Main Results:
- Workshop participants reacted favorably to the intervention.
- High levels of satisfaction were reported, indicating positive feedback on the sessions.
- The approach successfully highlighted the importance of tailored communication.
Conclusions:
- Faculty development workshops can enhance effective instructor-student communication.
- Selecting relevant communication issues and adapting interventions to faculty needs contribute to success.
- Institutions should develop their own communication codes and use similar group-based, empowering discussion techniques for effective conflict resolution.
Related Concept Videos
01:28Communication
Sharing information, concepts, and emotions to foster mutual understanding is communication. The sender, recipient, and transaction must be considered in this manner. The sender is the person who shares the message, the recipient is the person who receives and understands the message, and the transaction is the method used to deliver the message and the variables that affect the communication's context and surroundings. The nurse-client connection is built on therapeutic communication.
Within...
Within...
01:03Communication
Communication between two animals occurs when one animal transmits an information signal that causes a change in the animal that receives the information. Organisms communicate with one another in a host of different ways. Signals can be auditory, chemical, visual, tactile, or a combination of these. Communication is a critical behavioral adaptation that promotes survival, growth, and reproduction.
01:27Levels of Communication II: Organizational, Public, and Group Dynamics
Effective communication is the foundation of a good organization. Communication is the lifeblood of an organization that connects the group with messages. In an organization, communication occurs in upward, downward, and horizontal lines. Downward communication travels from the administrative and senior levels to the staff through official channels such as manuals, rules and regulations, and organizational charts. Staff members initiate upward communication, which is addressed to executives and...
01:21Barriers to Effective Communication II
The barriers to effective communication also include cultural barriers, semantic barriers, gender barriers, and time constraints.
Cultural barriers:
Differences in values, beliefs, religion, knowledge, and tradition can significantly impact communication. Awareness of nonverbal cues is critical, especially when conversing with a patient from a different culture. What appears appropriate in one culture may be inappropriate in another.
Semantic barriers:
As a result of their tendency to use...
Cultural barriers:
Differences in values, beliefs, religion, knowledge, and tradition can significantly impact communication. Awareness of nonverbal cues is critical, especially when conversing with a patient from a different culture. What appears appropriate in one culture may be inappropriate in another.
Semantic barriers:
As a result of their tendency to use...
01:29Levels of Communication I: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Small Group
Interpersonal communication focuses on the exchange of messages between two people.
We can participate in these relationships through verbal, nonverbal, and mediated communication. We engage in verbal communication when we use words during our interaction to convey specific meanings. On the other hand, nonverbal communication refers to various factors that can impact how we understand each other—for example, facial expressions.
We interact with others using mediated technologies like the...
We can participate in these relationships through verbal, nonverbal, and mediated communication. We engage in verbal communication when we use words during our interaction to convey specific meanings. On the other hand, nonverbal communication refers to various factors that can impact how we understand each other—for example, facial expressions.
We interact with others using mediated technologies like the...
01:30Barriers to Effective Communication I
A communication barrier is any distortion or interruption during a conversation, resulting in miscommunication of the message. A good communicator should know these barriers and continuously check for the listener's understanding by obtaining feedback.
Communication barriers include the following:
Physiological barriers: They are limitations caused by a person's health condition or disability, such as hearing loss, poor eyesight, illness, or unconsciousness. An example to overcome this barrier...
Communication barriers include the following:
Physiological barriers: They are limitations caused by a person's health condition or disability, such as hearing loss, poor eyesight, illness, or unconsciousness. An example to overcome this barrier...