Evaluation of Physician Assistants' Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors After Completion of a Hospital-Wide Multidisciplinary Communication Skills Training Workshop

Minna Saslaw; Steven Kaplan; Martina Pavlicova; Marcy Rosenbaum; Dana R. Sirota

doi:10.1177/23743735221092626

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Evaluation of Physician Assistants' Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors After Completion of a Hospital-Wide Multidisciplinary Communication Skills Training Workshop

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Evaluation of Physician Assistants' Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors After Completion of a Hospital-Wide Multidisciplinary Communication Skills Training Workshop

Minna Saslaw, Steven Kaplan, Martina Pavlicova, Marcy Rosenbaum and Dana R. Sirota

Journal of patient experience, Vol.9, pp.23743735221092626-23743735221092626

04/01/2022

DOI: 10.1177/23743735221092626

PMCID: PMC9003642

PMID: 35425849

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Abstract

Physician's assistants (PA) are an integral part of hospital teams. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the effects of a multidisciplinary hospital-wide communication skills training (CST) workshop on PAs. From November 2017 to November 2019, all participants in the CST workshop were sent a web-based retrospective pre-post survey to measure self-reported attitudes and behaviors related to communicating with patients, CST, and specific skills taught. PA responses were analyzed alone and were compared to non-PAs. Non-PAs were physicians and 1 nurse practitioner. In total, 258 PA and 333 non-PA participants were surveyed for an overall response rate of 25%. Among PAs, in 9 out of 10 domains measured, there was a significant change in self-reported attitudes and behaviors toward communicating with patients, CST, and skills taught (P < .05). Similar to other providers, PAs experienced positive changes in these self-reported attitudes and behaviors after CST, however, there were some significant differences found when comparing PAs and non-PAs in the covariate analysis.

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Title: Subtitle: Evaluation of Physician Assistants' Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors After Completion of a Hospital-Wide Multidisciplinary Communication Skills Training Workshop
Creators: Minna Saslaw - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Steven Kaplan - NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
Martina Pavlicova - Columbia University
Marcy Rosenbaum - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Dana R. Sirota - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of patient experience, Vol.9, pp.23743735221092626-23743735221092626
DOI: 10.1177/23743735221092626
PMID: 35425849
PMCID: PMC9003642
NLM abbreviation: J Patient Exp
ISSN: 2374-3743
eISSN: 2374-3743
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 7
Grant note: UL1TR001873 / Irving Institute at Columbia University through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Language: English
Date published: 04/01/2022
Academic Unit: Family and Community Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
Record Identifier: 9984297346302771

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