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Interpersonal Communication in Midwife's Practice
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:12.08.2020 16:48:35
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | LUSDK_229 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Psychology; General Psychology | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Liāna Deklava | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in social sciences at the secondary school level. | ||||||||
Objective: | To develop student comprehension of psychological correlations of interpersonal relationships, importance of successful professional communication in the care process, to promote development and improvement of communication skills in positive cooperation with women, their family and other health care professionals. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Communication process, its characteristics. Types of communication, their characteristics: verbal, non-verbal communication. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Structure of communication (social perception, communication and interaction). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Social perception and communication barriers. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Transaction analysis by E. Berne. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Skills of successful communication. Emotional intelligence their role in professional communication. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Communication levels, sides (external, internal), needs of a client in communication. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Communication barriers and their overcoming. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Midwife’s professional roles in communication. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
9 | Communication peculiarities in various clinical situations. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
10 | Communication interactions, their analysis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
11 | Skills of succesful communication. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
12 | Conflicts, their causes, types and methods of resolution. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Analysis of communication situations, personal experience exercises, role plays, preparation of one study analysis with a presentation. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Analysis of communication situations, presentation of one study analysis and independent work in classes, by participating in role plays and personal experience exercises. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | Students obtain knowledge of the communication structure, types, influential factors; understand the professional roles of midwife’s communication in the care process; obtain knowledge of aspects of professional communication; gain knowledge in conflictology. | ||||||||
Skills: | Ability to successfully communicate with women and their family members, as well as persons involved in the care process. | ||||||||
Competencies: | Students understand the needs of patients in various communication situations during clinical care; understand the preconditions for successful interviewing; differentiate risk factors in development of potential conflicts and required behaviour for successful conflict resolution. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | Gjyn, O’Toole, Communication : Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals, Chatswood, NSW : Elsevier, 2016 | ||||||||
2 | England,C. Communication skills for midwives: challenges in everyday practice. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2012. | ||||||||
3 | K.Mārtinsones un V.Sudrabas redakcijā, Veselības psiholoģija, RSU, 2016. | ||||||||
4 | K.Mārtinsone, V.Perepjolkina, M.Ludāne u.c., Psiholoģija 2, Pērsonība, grupa, sabiedrība, kultūra,Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
5 | Omarova S., Cilvēks runā ar cilvēku, Kamene, 2009 | ||||||||
6 | Reņģe V., psiholoģija. Savstarpējo attiecību psiholoģija, zvaigzne ABC, 2004. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | Laura M. Justice, Communication sciences and disorders : a contemporary perspective, Boston [etc.] : Allyn & Bacon, c2010 | ||||||||
2 | Vidnere M., Nucho A. Ozoliņa, Intervēšanas prasme, Raka, 2012 | ||||||||
3 | Jonathan Silverman, Suzanne Kurtz, Juliet Draper, Skills for Communicating with Patient, Second Edition, 2005. |