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Communication skills of specialist doctors:
Assessment with SKAF scale a new toolKhalid Umar Gill 1, Faisal Nazeer Hussain 2,
Amina Husnain 3, Sardar Sohail Ali Khan4ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the standards and uses of communication skills of specialist doctors during the doctor-patient interactions among a sample of specialists belonging to various specialities and based at different hospitals of Lahore.
Methodology: One hundred specialists were asked to participate in the prospective, questionnaire based survey in Lahore. These volunteers were asked to fill a form keeping in view their current practices. The scores thus achieved were measured using a proposed SKAF score. The results were graded into four parts depending upon the score achieved by the subjects.
Results: Twelve people never returned the survey instrument. Of those who did majority scored as good or excellent. Females showed a better score than males. Those who had previously been instructed formally did better on the SKAF scale.
Conclusions: The need of formal hands on training workshops on Communication Skills in both under graduate as well as post graduate trainees cannot be reiterated.
KEY WORDS:
Communication skills, Survey, Clinicians.Pak J Med Sci October - December 2010 Vol. 26 No. 4 753-758
How to cite this article:
Gill KU, Hussain FN, Husnain A, Khan SSA. Communication skills of specialist doctors: Assessment with SKAF scale a new tool. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(4):753-758
1. Khalid Umar Gill,
Associate Professor Psychiatry,
2. Faisal Nazeer Hussain,
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,
3. Amina Husnain,
Assistant Professor, Medical Unit II,
Allama Iqbal Medical College,
Lahore.
4. Sardar Sohail Ali Khan.
Professor of Surgery,
1,2,4: Avicenna Medical College,
Lahore, Pakistan.
Correspondence:
Khalid Umar Gill,
Associate Professor Psychiatry,
Avicenna Medical College,
DHA Phase IX,
Bedian Road, Lahore,
Pakistan.
E-mail: khalidgill786@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: June 12, 2010
* Revision Received: July 23, 2010
* Revision Accepted: July 26, 2010
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