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Training of Lecturers
Training for Paediatricians and Paediatric Students
Multilanguage dictionary of medical terms
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Softis-Ped project.
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Lecturers
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatric lecturers involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Residents Working with Children Information
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatricians involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Paediatric students
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the paediatric students involved in the Softis-Ped Project in the 5 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
Events
The Softis-Ped project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
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Conferences
The Softis-Ped project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
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Training Activity
The training activity 'Soft Skills in Pediatrics' was held at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures (RO)
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Press Review
The Softis-Ped project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of paediatrics and education
This section of the Softis-Ped portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Training of Lecturers
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This training package is addressed to lecturers and trainers in the field of paediatrics on how to assist paediatric undergraduate and resident students in developing and consolidating their soft skills for improving the quality of paediatric services.
Communication with Children
- Observation and Listening: the art of communication requires not only verbal skills but also observational and listening skills.
- Medical jargon versus simple language: use of medical jargon can create communication barriers, therefore pediatricians should keep it plain, simple and softer.
- Asking questions: it is important to keep children in conversation through the art of asking questions while not ignoring children’s own questions
- Empathy: an empathetic response is especially important when strong negative emotions such as anger, fear or sadness are involved
- Active Listening: certain factors can support or hinder active listening.
- Humor: humor can be seen as a path to establish a spontaneous, warm relationship with the patient, to decrease the anxiety and the feeling of social distance between the doctor and the patient.
- Solving problems and critical thinking: critical thinking abilities help face the crisis situations, solve problems and surmount conflicts
- Intercultural sensitivity: communication with sick children should be sensitive to the patient’s and family’s needs and respect the values of their health beliefs and practices.
- Communicating with Pediatric Patients and their Families: the Texas Children’s Hospital Guide for Physicians, Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals It is a comprehensive book on communicating in a pediatric environment, including intercultural communication
- Do Patients Understand?The article discusses health literacy, the use of simple language, images
