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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.
Communicating with Other Health Care Staff in Pediatrics
5.2. Types of Communication
5.2.3. Communication Barriers (Personal Differences and Values, Cultures, Generations, Genders – e.g. Male Physicians Female Nurses, Professional Status And Payment)
Working in a hospital environment means that you have to deal with a divergent set of people, not only patients but also other heath carers.
Efforts to improve health care safety and quality are often jeopardized by the communication and collaboration barriers that exist between clinical staff. Although every organization is unique, the barriers to effective communication that organizations face have some common themes.
Some of those themes are: personal values and expectations, personality differences, hierarchy, culture and ethnicity, generational differences, gender, historical interprofessional and intraprofessional rivalries, differences in schedules and professional routines, differences in accountability, payment, and rewards.
Health care environments are characterized by a hierarchical culture where doctors are usually at the top. A review of the organizational communication literature shows that hierarchies are in fact a common barrier to effective communication and collaboration When this kind of system exists it is not uncommon that people on the lower end of the hierarchy feel uncomfortable speaking up about problems or concerns. Intimidating behavior by individuals at the top of a hierarchy can hinder communication and give the impression that the individual is unapproachable.
Issues around gender and age differences in communication styles, values, and expectations are common in all workplace situations. In the health care industry, where most doctors are male and with a high average age and most nurses are young and female, communication problems are further accentuated by gender differences.
Communicating with a range of various people is certainly not an easy task to achieve due to all kind off barriers. Health carers must be aware of these barriers and try to reduce their impact by continually checking understanding and by offering appropriate feedback.
Efforts to improve health care safety and quality are often jeopardized by the communication and collaboration barriers that exist between clinical staff. Although every organization is unique, the barriers to effective communication that organizations face have some common themes.
Some of those themes are: personal values and expectations, personality differences, hierarchy, culture and ethnicity, generational differences, gender, historical interprofessional and intraprofessional rivalries, differences in schedules and professional routines, differences in accountability, payment, and rewards.
Health care environments are characterized by a hierarchical culture where doctors are usually at the top. A review of the organizational communication literature shows that hierarchies are in fact a common barrier to effective communication and collaboration When this kind of system exists it is not uncommon that people on the lower end of the hierarchy feel uncomfortable speaking up about problems or concerns. Intimidating behavior by individuals at the top of a hierarchy can hinder communication and give the impression that the individual is unapproachable.
Issues around gender and age differences in communication styles, values, and expectations are common in all workplace situations. In the health care industry, where most doctors are male and with a high average age and most nurses are young and female, communication problems are further accentuated by gender differences.
Communicating with a range of various people is certainly not an easy task to achieve due to all kind off barriers. Health carers must be aware of these barriers and try to reduce their impact by continually checking understanding and by offering appropriate feedback.
Online Resources
- Communication barriers in team CollaborationOnline extract from a handbook presenting communication barriers when it comes to team collaboration.
