| CODE | PHT1065 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Effective Communication for Physiotherapists | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physiotherapy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will consist of a series of lectures on how to engage in effective communication. Each lecture will present individual elements that when combined will lead to more effective communication. In between lectures, students will be encouraged to practice the elements of communication in their daily lives, so that they can better assimilate the theory presented to them during these lectures. The elements that make effective communication will be presented in a progressive manner throughout the study-unit. By the end of the study-unit students would have engaged in group discussions, self-reflection and analysis of verbal communication. They will be able to apply a combination of elements within a single interaction - an approach not dissimilar to the application of multiple rationales and modalities that lead to an effective therapeutic intervention. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to offer students an overview of the skills required in order to engage in effective communication. By improving the level of communication skills, students will: - Be able to build better rapport with peers, members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and their relatives; - Be able to improve their confidence as they prepare to become independent clinicians; - Become more self-aware and emotionally intelligent; - Become more pro-active in their learning experience as they will be better equipped to express both their strengths and weaknesses to relevant others; - Be able to consolidate the practice of physiotherapy as being more than just an administering of techniques and modalities; and - evaluate the dynamics of effective professional relationships. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Appreciate how communication benefits the practice of Physiotherapy as a health profession; - Appreciate the different modes of communication in daily scenarios; - Appreciate the different roles and settings that require different skills of communication; - Voice observations, experiences, suggestions and questions; - Active listen and thus facilitate a clear understanding of the information being shared, through principles of therapeutic communication. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to engage in the various modalities that promote effective communication in daily scenarios. These include: - Building rapport with peers, patients, and others; - Sharing and communicating knowledge, values emotions and communication styles through verbal presentation; - Improving the formulation of questions to serve them in understanding better, their peers, their patients, literature or their own performance and professional development through therapeutic use of self and therapeutic communication in professional practice. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Davis, C. M. (2006) (Ed.) Patient Practitioner Interaction: An experiential manual for developing the art of health care (4th ed.). NJ: SLACK Inc. - Raphael-Grimm, T (2014) The Art of communication in Nursing and Health Care: An interdisciplinary Approach. New York: Springer Publishing Company. - Atkinson, M. (2004) Lend Me Your Ears: All you need to know about making speeches and presentations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Goldstein, N.J, Martin, S.J. and Cialdini, R.B. (2008) Yes!50 Scientifically Proven ways to be persuasive. Sydney: Simon & Schuster Inc. - Nichols, M.P. (2009) The lost art of listening 2nd Ed. New York: The Guilford Press. - Kotzman, M. & Kotzman, A. (2008) A step by step guide to communication skills training. Victoria: Acer Press. - Silverman, J., Kurtz, S. and Draper, J. (2005) Skills for Communicating with Patients (2nd ed.). Oxon: Radcliffe. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Daniela R. Gatt |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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