The presentation of AETCOM training in MCI workshop- A journey with ATCOM Booklet

1. The ATCOM module
Dr. Hironmoy Roy
MD, MBA, DHM, MHPE, FAIMER

3. Clinician
Team
leader
Life long
learner
Communicator
ProfessionalMember of a
health care team
Clinician

6. Receiving (hearing)
The student will ne able to show his
awareness to the anxiety of a patient, who is
waiting for an OT
Responding
The student will ne able to reassure the
patient with anxiety of a patient, who is
waiting for an OT
Valuing & Internalization
The student will be able to habitually en-
comfort the patient with anxiety; who is
waiting for an OT

9. Teaching
methods
• We need to search out teaching methods that will drag
the students in affective topics in educational literature
that themes “motivation”
Affective
topics
• Communication styles, classroom management, learning
styles
• Use of non-verbal communications
Educational
literature
• Interests
• Efficacy

10. Teachers’
action
• As teacher, we need to be careful about our own
actions, as students follow us as “Role model”
Impact
• It gives direct impact on students’ attitude
We should
avoid
• Any body language, facial expression that for sarcasm,
betray, distrust, dislike, disrespect.

12. ATCOM Module
Explicit way to teach ethics/ comm. skill
• To introduce the communication
• Ways of Communications
• Barriers of Communication
• Need for teaching communication skills to the
students
• AT-COM modules related to teaching communication
skills
• Feedback

13. Communication
• Communication is the purposeful
activity of information exchange
between two or more participants in
order to convey or receive the
intended meanings

15. oral
Telephone
Face-to-face conversation
Team meetings
written
Memos, Letters, Report,
e
E-mail, whatsapp
Barriers
Language, Religion, Beliefs,
age, sex, socio-economic
status, chair/power-status,
educational level,
TRUST

16. To Show
Interest,
Concentrate
Eye 2 Eye
To ensure, u
understand,
what u have
just head
To ensure, u
understand, what u
have just heard.
To repeat
information, as
received & to seek
confirmation
Not to
interrupt; not
to be fast to
conclude
To watch
facial
expressions
To be open-
minded &
non-defensive

17. Misunderstandings in communication
Happens when:
• Always want to win or be superior
• Ego-clash
• Emotions in disproportion to facts
• Giving opinions, in finding other people’s faults
• Asking questions, the intention is to test the
people
• want to make other people feel guilty
• Arrogant, big talk and belittle other people.

18. The ATCOM Module
• MCI proposed
• A case-based module
• Structured manual
• Explicit way of learning “ATCOM”
throughout the Four professional
years

19. Year 1st Prof 2nd Prof 3rd Prof
(Part 1)
3rd Prof
(Part 2)
Module 5 8 5 9
Hours 34 35 25 45