Medical students of today, practitionars of tomorrow; are they listening?

Authors

  • Dr. Siva Ranjan Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchFoundation, Amalapuram, India
  • Umesh Pralhadrao Lad Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchFoundation, Amalapuram, India
  • Sai Shankar Prathap Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciencesand Research Foundation, Amalapuram, India
  • M. Neethika Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences andResearch Foundation, Amalapuram, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2014.1.1s.7

Keywords:

listening style, medical students, communication skills, doctor-patient relationship

Abstract

Aims: To know listening style of under graduate medical students. Settings and Design: questionnaire based cross sectional study. Methods and Material: A printed listening style inventory consisting ten questions was distributed in second mbbs students of our institute. They were asked to answer each question in a five point likert scale (never to almost always). Completely answered questionnaires were collected and analysed. Statistical analysis used: Mann-Whitney U test and unpaired t test using SPSS version 16. Results: Out of 150 questionnaires were distributed, 121 students returned the completed questionnaire. 62% students of our study were passive listeners and only 3% were active listeners. There was no significant difference in the listening style of males and females of our study. ( p- value 0.693).Conclusion: majority of the future practitioners are passive listeners. There is an acute need to evaluate and improve listening of medical students by significant changes in teaching-learning environment.

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Author Biographies

Dr. Siva Ranjan, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchFoundation, Amalapuram, India

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Umesh Pralhadrao Lad, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchFoundation, Amalapuram, India

Associate Professor, Department of Physiology

Sai Shankar Prathap, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciencesand Research Foundation, Amalapuram, India

Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine

M. Neethika, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences andResearch Foundation, Amalapuram, India

Junior Resident, Department of Dental Surgery

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Published

2014-12-31

How to Cite

Dr. Siva Ranjan, Umesh Pralhadrao Lad, Sai Shankar Prathap, & M. Neethika. (2014). Medical students of today, practitionars of tomorrow; are they listening? . Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 1(4(S), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2014.1.1s.7