Communication skills

Course Title

Communication skills

Course Code

MPRO124

Credit Hours

2
Overview

Introduction

this module deals with the capabilities of communicating with all those who are concerned in the medical field. Those are the patients and co patients well as senior and junior colleagues. It also focuses on skills of conveying bad news. Multidisciplinary teams are the vehicle through which much of modern health care is accomplished. Medical institutes’ graduates are expected to function effectively on multidisciplinary teams. Communication, listening and speaking, is the core of the abilities required to function on teams. The communication skills course offers an opportunity to learn and apply, in daily life, practical principles of interpersonal communication. Emphasis is placed on psychological, social, cultural, and linguistic factors, which affect person-to-person interaction. This course is designed to help medical students improve their communication in both personal and professional contexts. Attention is given to human perceptions, interpersonal dynamics, and patterns of inference, listening, and verbal and visual symbols

Evaluation

Assignment

5%

midterm

15%

Final exam

80%