Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Attitude and communication skills (ATCOM) - MBBS Students Perspective

Dr Siva Prabodh Vuddandi, Dr Muralidhar Reddy, Dr Mangala Charan Das, Dr Srinivas Chebrolu, Dr Suryanarayana, Dr Samson Sanjeev Rao

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><u><span style="font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Introduction:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></u></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Effective communication between the doctor and the patient is very important. The Vision 2015 document of the MCI reaffirms the need to schedule dedicated time for training in communication skills for Indian medical graduates.</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> &amp; <b>Objectives:</b></span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">To know whether Communication skills are important in Medical Profession and are they willing to learn about Attitude and Communication skills in MBBS course.</span><b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> Materials &amp; methods:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">100 1st MBBS students were taken into the study. A ief introduction about ATCOM is given to the students for 30 minutes. A questionnaire consists of 5 questions were given to the students and the results were analyzed.</span><b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> Results:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></u></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">64% students strongly agreed that ATCOM is a good initiative to improve quality in Medical Profession.69% agreed to learn ATCOM in MBBS course.</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Discussion and conclusion:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Students know the importance of ATCOM in their Professional life, and they are very much interested to learn ATCOM skills.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>