Communication Skill Training Program for Occupational Therapy Interns

NCT05434221 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 202006114RINC
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 216
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Effective communication is one of important skills in occupational therapy (OT) practice, affecting the effectiveness and quality of therapy. Although there are only a few courses on communication skills related to OT, there is a lack of a complete, suitable, and evidence-based OT communication skills teaching programs that can effectively improve the interns' communication skills. The purpose of the study is to develop a communication skills training program for occupational therapy interns in physical dysfunction practice (COPE), and examine the effectiveness of COPE.

Conditions

Education, Medical

Keywords

Communication skill; occupational therapy; intern

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Experts assessed interns' communication skills：Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Forms (GKCSAF)-Faculty version

  The experts will use the questionnaire named GKCSAF (faculty version) to assess interns' communication skills via verbatim draft of the audio-recording. The GKCSAF contains 9 items: build a relationship, open the discussion, gather information, understand the patients' perspective, share information, reach agreement, provide closure, demonstrate empathy, and communicate accurate information. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. The total score ranges from 5 to 45. The higher scores indicate better communication skills.

  during procedure

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Patients or caregivers assessed interns' communication skills：Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Forms (GKCSAF)-patient/caregiver version

  during procedure

• Interns self-reported communication skills：Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Forms (GKCSAF)-self-assessment version

  during procedure

• Patients' engagements in occupational therapy：Occupational Therapy Engagement Scale (OTES)

  during procedure

Study Arms (2)

Experiment group

EXPERIMENTAL

interns in the experiment group receive COPE during their internship.

Other: COPE

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

interns in the control group do not receive any specific communication training during their internship.

Interventions

COPE OTHER

The experimental group receives the COPE during their internships. The COPE consists of two part: (1) communication skills teaching and simulation practice; (2) clinical communication teaching: record the clinical treatment process of the interns and turn them into verbatim drafts. Experts then complied the strengths and weaknesses of the interns' communication skills based on the verbatim manuscripts and gave feedback on the interns' communication skills. The interns in the experimental group will participate 1 time of the communication skills teaching and simulation practice, and 3 times of the clinical communication teaching in three months.

Experiment group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \[interns\]
• age ≥ 20 years
• an intern of occupational therapy
• \[patients\]
• age ≥ 20 years
• enable to communicate with the others

You may not qualify if:

• \[interns\]
• unwilling to be recorded
• \[patients\]
• have communication barriers
• unwilling to be recorded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Related Publications (3)

• Calhoun AW, Rider EA, Peterson E, Meyer EC. Multi-rater feedback with gap analysis: an innovative means to assess communication skill and self-insight. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Sep;80(3):321-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.06.027. Epub 2010 Jul 17.

  PMID: 20638814 BACKGROUND

• Peterson EB, Calhoun AW, Rider EA. The reliability of a modified Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Checklist for assessing the communication skills of multidisciplinary clinicians in the simulated environment. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Sep;96(3):411-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.013. Epub 2014 Jul 19.

  PMID: 25103180 BACKGROUND

• Wu TY, Lien BY, Lequerica AH, Lu WS, Hsieh CL. Development and Validation of the Occupational Therapy Engagement Scale for Patients with Stroke. Occup Ther Int. 2019 Mar 6;2019:3164254. doi: 10.1155/2019/3164254. eCollection 2019.

  PMID: 30962799 BACKGROUND

Central Study Contacts

Sheau-Ling Huang, Ph.D.

CONTACT

+886-3366-8179; cathy@ntu.edu.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2022
• First Posted: June 27, 2022
• Study Start: October 23, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: June 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-06

Locations

TW (1)