2. Introduction
• What is communication skills?
• Good Medical Practice
• Ethical principles
• Handover
• Conflict resolution
3. Communication skills
• Communication skills are abilities you use when
giving and receiving different kinds of
information
• 5 essential communication skills
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: ideas &
information through written language
- ORAL COMMUNICATION: ideas &
information through spoken language.
- NON-VERBAL AND VISUAL
COMMUNICATION. ...
- ACTIVE LISTENING. ...
- CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION.
4. Effective communication
• Verbal Communication
• Non-verbal Communication
• Active Listening
• Written Communication
• Educating Patient
• Making Personal Connections
• Cultural Awareness
• Compassion and Trust
5. GMC Good Medical Practice
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• Make care of patient your first concern
• Be competent and keep professional
knowledge and skills up to date
• Take prompt action if you think patient
safety is being compromised
• Establish and maintain good partnerships
with patients and colleagues
• Maintain trust in you and profession by
being open, honest and acting with
integrity
6. GMC: Duties of a doctor
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• Knowledge, skills and
performance
• Safety and quality
• Communication, partnership and
teamwork
• Maintaining trust
12. Conflict resolution
• Informal or formal process that two or
more parties use to find a peaceful
solution to their dispute
• Strategies used to handle conflict:
- avoiding, defeating, compromising,
accommodating, and collaborating
13. Conflict resolution
Conflicts can arise:
• with patients
• with families/relatives
• with physician colleagues
• with other healthcare professionals
• with administrators
• with others
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14. Conflict resolution
Sources of conflict:
• interpersonal relationships
• information
• interests
• organizational structures and roles
• values and beliefs
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15. Conflict resolution
Skills required:
• effective communication such as active
listening
• problem solving
• staying calm
• focusing on how to tackle the problem
• compassion
• empathy
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Summary
• Effective communication is vital
• Importance of GMC Good Medical Practice
• Understand basic ethical principles
• SBAR Handover tool as a form of
communication method
• Conflict resolution: ideas, concerns and
expectations