Explain How Can Both Parties Improve Their Communication Skills

How can both parties improve their communication skills? Health care providers help their patients to have a healthy and long life with the care and attention that they provide. However, both parties have to cooperate in order to improve their communication skills in order to have better medical results. It is undeniable that doctors often just don’t make sense. They use complex vocabulary and they don’t seem to pay attention to what a patient is communicating. One of the ways that doctors can improve this is by being very clear on what their are expressing. Another suggestion would be to train more doctors to be understanding and good communicators. Spending extra time training on good communication skills can go along way. Physicians already are trained for many years to meet their patients needs. They understand the importance of good communication and they are working to improve their skills. According to the UNC School of Medicine, “ The value of good communication skills and the building of an effective relationship with the patient is supported by several medical studies that show that these skills can lead to improved patient and physician satisfaction, better disclosure of important information, greater adherence to treatment, reduced emotional distress, improved physiological parameters and overall better clinical outcomes”. (Drossman MD, 2013). Medical schools
Imagine going through 10 years of schooling for becoming an OB/GYN and when you have your first patient you are unable to communicate with her that her baby is having complications and because of your lack of communication skills the woman loses her child. This is why doctors understand that they need to be good communicators; people’s lives depend on