The Organisational Culture Profile (OCP) at baseline revealed highest scores amongst leadership, planning, and humanistic workplace domains, with communication receiving the lowest rating indicative of organisational weakness.
The OCP is a 65 item questionnaire to measure organisational culture tapping into 10 domains; leadership, structure, innovation, job performance, planning, communication, environment, humanistic workplace, development of the individual and socialisation on entry [ 10].
Concern about the inability of monitored examinations to assess the full spectrum of clinical competence, including humanistic quality, knowledge, and communication skills, stimulated the introduction of the "patient and peer assessment module" [ 7].
Analysis of the psychometric properties of the OCP in the Australian regional healthcare sector found the domains of leadership, planning, communication and humanistic workplace as reliable dimensions (Cronbach alpha >0.80).
Humanistic thinking favors community, empathy, inclusion and sharing.
Over the first weekend we are featuring music by Arne Nordheim, the elder statesman of Nordic composition, whose humanistic music is all about communication and reaching out to people; it's written in a modernist idiom, but is very moving.
Although technology was thought of by some as antagonistic to humanistic concerns, others argued that it made communication and comprehension available to a wider population and encouraged "system thinking," both ultimately integrative effects.
The recurring themes within this limited body of literature highlight the importance of a humanistic, non-judgemental approach based around good communication, empathy and understanding.
The tutor's responsibility is to use active and empathetic listening, understand students' available educational and social backgrounds, respect and value students' viewpoints with a non-judgemental attitude, demonstrate outstanding communication skills and hold beliefs consistent with the humanistic approach.
Patient-centred care represents a humanistic, bio-psychosocial perspective in healthcare, with a strong emphasis on communication, patient participation in clinical decision making, forming a therapeutic alliance and sharing power and responsibility [ 6].
