Development of the Health Communication Assessment Tool: Enhancing Relationships, Empowerment, and Power-Sharing Skills
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Background: Health professional education includes interpersonal communication and skill development, however, the assessment of student learning and skill acquisition is inconsistent. This pilot project developed an instrument examining student nurses’ health communication.
Method: Responses on a 24 item check-list during simulations by third /fourth year pre-licensure nursing students in a baccalaureate program in Northeastern North America were randomly chosen and examined.
Results: Fair inter-rater reliability was established. The principle components analysis resulted in six factors. Constructs of relationship building (rapport, empathy, avoiding miscommunication), education/empowerment, and power-sharing loaded most significantly.
Conclusion: The HCAT demonstrated internal consistency and was useful in evaluating communication behaviors. Health communication assessment did not detract from the analysis of students’ clinical skills performance in simulation scenarios.
Publication Title
Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Repository Citation
Campbell, Suzanne H.; Pagano, Michael P.; O'Shea, Eileen R.; Connery, Carol; and Caron, Colby, "Development of the Health Communication Assessment Tool: Enhancing Relationships, Empowerment, and Power-Sharing Skills" (2013). Communication Faculty Publications. 45.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/communications-facultypubs/45
Published Citation
Campbell, Suzanne Hetzel, Michael P. Pagano, Eileen R. O'Shea, Carol Connery, and Colby Caron. "Development of the Health Communication Assessment Tool: Enhancing Relationships, Empowerment, and Power-Sharing Skills." Clinical Simulation in Nursing 9, no. 11 (2013): e543-e550.
DOI
10.1016/j.ecns.2013.04.016
Comments
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