Through conceptual discussions, small group exercises, and self-reflection, helps students understand leadership capabilities, evaluate their leadership strengths and weaknesses, articulate their values and aspirations, and practice developing leadership skills in interaction with class members.
Communication skills in interaction are firmly established as requisite to developing the patient-nurse relationship with therapeutic qualities [ 3, 5, 6].
During their clerkships, medical students have the opportunity to apply their clinical-technical and communication skills in interaction both with an inter-professional team of medical staff and with real patients.
The theoretical framework for this study is based on understanding learning as a process where an individual actively constructs and develops knowledge and skills in interaction with other individuals and the environment [ 18– 218.
Sroufe et al.'s [35] longitudinal study from early childhood to adulthood revealed significant links between secure attachment and social competence (e.g. expectations of relationships, engagement with others, skills in interactions, popularity etc).
This behavioural coordination was shown with both a conspecific and a human partner, in line with the recent findings suggesting that dogs exhibit highly developed socio-cognitive skills in interactions with both humans and other dogs.
Men and women agreed that they were most inclined to use multiplayer simulations if they were fun (97%), and if they helped to develop skill in patient interactions (90%).
In a recent study regarding medical student attitudes toward video games and related new media technologies in medical education [ 57] the results indicated that men and women agreed that they were most inclined to use multiplayer simulations if they were fun, and if they helped to develop skill in patient interactions.
And they continue to develop storytelling skills in their interaction with parents and others who provide guidance and feedback.
Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention.
Communications training aimed at increasing nurses' confidence and skills in patient interaction may be helpful.
