TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of communication skills training on patient-pharmacist communication in pharmacy education
T2 - a meta-analysis
AU - Jin, Hye Kyung
AU - Choi, Jae Hee
AU - Kang, Ji Eun
AU - Rhie, Sandy Jeong
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Jennifer Trujillo, Associate Professor at University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; John Lonie, Assistant Professor at Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University; Assemi Mitra, Professor at Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco; Daniel J. Hansen, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, SDSU College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions for providing the data required for our analysis, and Su-Hyun Kim, librarian, at Ewha Womans University for giving advice on how to search the database. The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Communication skills in pharmacy education and practice are increasingly regarded as a crucial component. However, thus far, estimating of the overall communication skills training (CST) effects in a variety of outcomes is lacking. The aim of this study was to synthesize the effects of CST in pharmacy education by performing a meta-analysis of CST studies. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, ERIC, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC), key journals, and bibliographic databases. The effect sizes (ESs) were extracted and pooled in random effects meta-analyses. We assessed the quality of the study using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI). From 34,737 articles, 9 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The overall effect size for CST was 0.611 (95% CI 0.327–0.895), and it was statistically significant (p = 0.000). We found based on the subgroup analyses that CST has a large effect size when it used stand-alone courses, lecture-lab based courses, video recordings, feedback, training for 2 or more semesters, hours per week ≥5 h and external assessments. For the CST effect, the effect sizes were ranked in order of confidence, knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The result of the meta-regression is that the total number of attendees is significantly negatively correlated with the effect sizes of the CST. The findings of the present meta-analysis provide evidence that CST in pharmacy education may act as an efficient way to improve the communication competency of students, and it may serve as a guide for pharmacy educators.
AB - Communication skills in pharmacy education and practice are increasingly regarded as a crucial component. However, thus far, estimating of the overall communication skills training (CST) effects in a variety of outcomes is lacking. The aim of this study was to synthesize the effects of CST in pharmacy education by performing a meta-analysis of CST studies. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, ERIC, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC), key journals, and bibliographic databases. The effect sizes (ESs) were extracted and pooled in random effects meta-analyses. We assessed the quality of the study using the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI). From 34,737 articles, 9 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The overall effect size for CST was 0.611 (95% CI 0.327–0.895), and it was statistically significant (p = 0.000). We found based on the subgroup analyses that CST has a large effect size when it used stand-alone courses, lecture-lab based courses, video recordings, feedback, training for 2 or more semesters, hours per week ≥5 h and external assessments. For the CST effect, the effect sizes were ranked in order of confidence, knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The result of the meta-regression is that the total number of attendees is significantly negatively correlated with the effect sizes of the CST. The findings of the present meta-analysis provide evidence that CST in pharmacy education may act as an efficient way to improve the communication competency of students, and it may serve as a guide for pharmacy educators.
KW - Communication skills training
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Pharmacist-patient communication
KW - Pharmacy education
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U2 - 10.1007/s10459-017-9791-0
DO - 10.1007/s10459-017-9791-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28918571
AN - SCOPUS:85029537065
SN - 1382-4996
VL - 23
SP - 633
EP - 652
JO - Advances in Health Sciences Education
JF - Advances in Health Sciences Education
IS - 3
ER -