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Perception and Attitude of Medical Students towards Communication Skills Lab and Teaching Module
Rahul Tanwani1, Rita Chandki2, Ajay Joshi3
1Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Index Medical College, Indore, India.
Introduction:
The knowledge of proper communication skills with the patients plays a pivotal role in success of medical professionals. A practical approach would be to initiate its training at an early stage of education period of undergraduate medical students.
Aim:
To assess perception and attitude of medical students towards Communication Skills Lab (CSL) and teaching module in Central India.
Materials And Methods:
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of General Surgery at Index Medical College, Indore, India. Undergraduate medical students were trained as per a systematic teaching module in a well equipped 'CSL'. Feedback was obtained via Likert scale and analysed after completion of the training course of eight days.
Results:
A majority of the students (96.43%) opined that the training had improved their communication with the patients. They also felt that such training should be integrated in regular teaching curriculum of our country.
Conclusion:
The training of basic communication skills can be introduced at an early stage of undergraduate medical curriculum in form of an effective, interesting and acceptable teaching module.
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