What's Your Style? Enhanced Interprofessional Communication and Practice Using the Communication Wheel

Nurse Educ. 2019 Jan/Feb;44(1):20-24. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000509.

Abstract

Today's health care environment requires collaborative teams to provide safe, effective care. This study assessed the extent to which a face-to-face workshop increased nursing and premedical students' awareness of varying communication styles and their potential impact on interprofessional communication and practice. A self-assessment tool was administered before, immediately after, and 1 month after the workshop. Significant increases in familiarity working on interprofessional teams, identifying different communication styles, and ability to apply communication strategies were found immediately after and 1 month after the workshop.

MeSH terms

  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / organization & administration*
  • Education, Premedical / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication*
  • Male
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Personality Inventory
  • Pilot Projects
  • Self-Assessment
  • Students, Nursing / psychology*
  • Students, Nursing / statistics & numerical data
  • Students, Premedical / psychology*
  • Students, Premedical / statistics & numerical data