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Title: | Communication skills training in undergraduate nursing programs in Spain |
Authors: | Ferrandez-Anton, T. Ferreira-Padilla, G. Del-Pino-Casado, Rafael Ferrandez-Anton, P. Baleriola-Julvez, J. Martinez-Riera, J.R. |
Abstract: | Objectives of the present cross sectional study were to analyze the offer of subjects with communication skills in the nursing degree in Spain and to describe the distribution of these subjects. Documentary, systematic and independent search of web pages from Spanish universities was carried out to collect the following variables: subjects with communication skills, course in which the subject is taught, type of teaching (exclusive or combined), type of subject (compulsory or optional) and number of credits on communication skills. Although an average of 3.6 subjects per center was offered, most of the subjects were combined and with little communication content load. In one third of the centers, the offer was below 2.3 credits. Only 1 in 6 centers had exclusive communication skills subjects, and a quarter of them were optional. The teaching load of communication contents was highest in optional subjects. The offer of communication skills contents in Spanish Nursing Schools was scarce and very heterogeneous between centers and between courses in a center, with excessive presence of combined and optional subjects. Our results may be useful when developing the teaching guides for subjects with communication skills, as well as when defining communication competencies in the different Nursing Schools. |
Keywords: | Teaching Universities Education Nursing Graduate Curriculum Health communication Spain |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Ferrandez-Anton T, Ferreira-Padilla G, del-Pino-Casado R, Ferrandez-Anton P, Baleriola-Julvez J, Martinez-Riera JR. Communication skills training in undergraduate nursing programs in Spain. Nurse Educ Pract. 2020. Jan; 42:102653. |
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