Objective To study the current situation of doctor-patient communication education for medical undergraduates, and meanwhile to analyze the students’ satisfactory degree to communication education and its influencing factors, so as to provide sound suggestions to promote the students’ clinical communication abilities. Methods Using simple sampling, 50% of the students who majored in clinical medicine in grade 2006-2009 in West China Medical School of Sichuan University were selected as respondents. The investigation was conducted by face to face talk with a self-designed questionnaire. The data were input using EpiData 3.0 software and the results were analyzed by SPSS 13.0 software. Results A total of 450 questionnaires were distributed, and 404 were validly retrieved (89.78%). Among the respondents, 74.3% of them were satisfied with the current situation of doctor-patient communication education; 75.7% of them begun to know doctor-patient communication education since the stage of learning basic knowledge; 49.8% of them were trained by means of problem-based-learning (PBL); and 65.5% of them were trained with auxiliary standardized patient (SP). “Grade”, “Gender”, “SP used” and “PBL used” were the main factors affecting the satisfactory degree to current doctor-patient communication education (P=0.029, 0.023, 0.012, and 0.029, respectively). Conclusion The medical undergraduates’ satisfactory degree to current doctor-patient communication education is generally high, but it is also affected by various factors. Although doctor-patient communication education has started early, the training system is still problematic and the teaching resources coverage is limited. So in order to make a further systematic, standardized, overall designed education for students’ cognition and communication skills, the medical colleges should open integrated doctor-patient communication curriculum that combines with both PBL and SP auxiliary teaching methods, and covers all the undergraduate learning stage.
Objective To seek the best evidence on communication between physicians and patients so as to improve the physician-patient relationship in China. Methods We used the key words ‘physician-patient relationship’ and ‘communication’ to identify related systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and then evaluated them with the Overview Quality Assessment Questionnaire (OQAQ) checklist. Results Seventeen studies were included for final evaluation. According to the OQAQ checklist, the score range of the study quality was 3 to 9. 41.29% (7/17) of the included studies scored 7 to 9, 23.5% (4/17) scored 6, and 35.3% (6/17) scored 3 to 5. Factors influencing physician-patient communication primarily included communication targets, time, contents, and approaches. Conclusion There are not enough studies on physician-patient communication in China. We need to identify the problems affecting communication behavior, encourage patients to express their preferences, choose appropriate training strategies, and make timely evaluation so as to better satisfy the needs of patients and physicians.
Objective To investigate and assess the current status of communication between medical students and old patients so as to improve the communication skills of medical students. Methods A total of 90 medical students were surveyed by a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 13.0 software. Results Medical students have recognized the importance of communication with patients, but they rarely had active communication behaviors. In addition, their knowledge of communication skills was utterly inadequate. Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen the training of communication skills among medical students.
目的 分析当前医患沟通学课程教学中存在的问题，探索提高教学质量的有效途径。 方法 2011年12月－2012年1月通过收集相关文献及实际教学中有关医患沟通的事例，对医患沟通中存在的问题进行归类梳理，并针对各结症提出解决措施及建议。 结果 目前国内医患沟通学教学中存在以下问题：医学生对医患沟通学课程不够重视；缺乏系统的教学质量考评体系；医患沟通学课程的理论与实践课学时比例缺乏科学的设置标准；教学方式、课程开设对象等不统一。 结论 要提高医患沟通学教学质量，其提高医学生对沟通能力重要性的认识是前提，建立健全医患沟通学课程的教学模式和考核体系是关键，为学生构建早期接触临床实践的平台是保障。
【摘要】目的探讨新型医患沟通范式的临床价值。方法分析新型医患沟通范式的基本文书和临床应用效果。结果自2002年1月2009年12月,新型医患沟通范式应用于9800余例住院患者,无1起医疗事故发生。结论新型医患沟通范式从形式上和内容上对患者知情权进行了充分的保障,对构建和谐医患关系具有重大价值。【Abstract】Objective To explore the clinical value of new doctorpatient communication paradigms. Methods The primary documents and clinical application results of new doctorpatient communication paradigms were analyzed in our study. Results We applied the new doctorpatient communication paradigms to more than 9800 patients of inpatient from January 2001 to December 2009. No medical negligence was observed. Conclusion The new doctorpatient communication paradigms can ensure the patient’s right of informed consent in form and in content. Its value to construct harmony doctorpatient relationship is great.
ObjectiveTo explore the current status of treatment adherence in patients with chronic kidney disease without dialysis and to analyze its influencing factors.MethodsThe patients who visited the Outpatient Department of Nephrology of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from September to December 2020 were taken as the research objects. Self-designed general information questionnaire, treatment adherence questionnaire, physician-patient communication satisfaction, health information seeking behavior questionnaire, and physician-patient concordance questionnaire were used to investigate, and path analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of treatment adherence.ResultsA total of 203 valid questionnaires were obtained. Treatment adherence score was (21.69±2.42) points, self-reported health status was (2.48±0.91) points, physician-patient concordance was (20.39±2.70) points, physician-patient communication satisfaction was (67.73±5.52) points, and health information seeking behavior was (13.17±2.65) points. Health information seeking behavior (r=0.214, P=0.002), physicians-patient concordance (r=0.494, P<0.001), physician-patient communication satisfaction (r=0.229, P=0.001) were positively correlated with treatment adherence. Self-reported health status was negatively correlated with treatment adherence (r=−0.225, P=0.001). Path analysis showed that physicians-patient concordance was the most influencing factor of treatment adherence (total effect=0.474).ConclusionHealth information-seeking behavior and physicians-patient concordance are important factors affecting treatment adherence in chronic kidney disease patients without dialysis. In order to improve treatment adherence of chronic kidney disease patients, healthcare providers can provide various ways to provide information, which can help make more disease-related health knowledge available to patients. Moreover, healthcare workers should also further explore ways to improve the concordance related to reaching agreement between doctors and patients on medical and treatment options.