Medicine at a glance

1- Communication skills for Doctors 

Objectives of workshop: To assess the role of workshop in communication skills training of doctors resulting in better healthcare delivery.

Learning outcomes: Better health care delivery.

Method of Delivery: Quasi-experimental interventional study.

Work Plan: The participants were divided into two groups, those who received the intervention (n=10) and those who received the placebo (n=5). Intervention was offered in the shape of a workshop that imparted knowledge via lectures and handouts and skill and attitude via audio-visual tapes and role playing. The placebo comprised of an academic workshop which had nothing to do with communication skills. The patients of both groups of doctors were given DISQ (Doctors interpersonal skills questionnaire) and their level of satisfaction based on their interaction with the doctors was evaluated.

Faculty:

• Dr.Rana Abdu Hassan Mohammed, Family physician, PHC center of the ministry of federal health, Sudan

2- Hponatremia

Faculty:

• Dr.Mohd Khalil 
• Dr Mohd Yousif