Table 4 Mean number of skills (CS) addressed interactively by supervisors during feedback sessions
From: Impact of postgraduate training on communication skills teaching: a controlled study
Ability to identify residents’ good and poor CS | Intervention group (Inpatient n = 16; outpatient n = 12) | Control group (Inpatient n = 12; outpatient n = 8) |  |  |  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Pre | Post | Â | Pre | Post | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Â | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Delta | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Delta | Delta difference | p | Effect size |
INPATIENT SETTING | To explain a procedure | |||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.13 (0.34) | 0.69 (0.95) | 0.56 (0.96) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.08 (0.29) | 0.08 (0.29) | 0.48 | 0.1089 | 1.66 | |
  No. of poor CS | 0.81 (0.91) | 3.81 (1.33) | 3.00 (1.37) | 0.41 (0.67) | 1.50 (1.31) | 1.08 (1.24) | 1.92 | 0.0008 | 1.55 | |
To break bad news | ||||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (1.21) | 1.00 (1.21) | 0.18 (0.40) | 0.33 (0.49) | 0.18 (0.60) | 0.82 | 0.0497 | 1.36 | |
  No. of poor CS | 0.75 (0.68) | 2.69 (1.35) | 1.94 (1.53) | 0.91 (0.94) | 0.92 (1.00) | 0.09 (1.04) | 1.85 | 0.0019 | 1.77 | |
To conduct a family discussion | ||||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.07 (0.26) | 0.81 (0.91) | 0.73 (0.88) | 0.08 (0.29) | 0.17 (0.58) | 0.08 (0.67) | 0.65 | 0.0453 | 0.97 | |
  No. of poor CS | 1.13 (1.26) | 3.19 (1.05) | 2.06 (1.69) | 1.00 (1.35) | 1.25 (1.29) | 0.25 (2.26) | 1.81 | 0.0223 | 0.80 | |
OUTPATIENT SETTING | To explain a diagnosis | |||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.40 (0.70) | 0.80 (1.14) | 0.40 (0.52) | 0.50 (0.53) | 0.00 (0.00) | - 0.50 (0.53) | 0.90 | 0.0023 | 1.68 | |
  No. of poor CS | 1.40 (1.43) | 2.80 (1.14) | 1.40 (1.65) | 2.00 (1.20) | 2.25 (1.83) | 0.25 (1.58) | 1.15 | 0.1536 | 0.73 | |
To manage time | ||||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.50 (0.67) | 1.00 (0.74) | 0.50 (0.80) | 0.25 (0.46) | 0.75 (1.16) | 0.50 (1.20) | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | |
  No. of poor CS | 2.33 (1.97) | 2.58 (0.79) | 0.25 (2.26) | 1.25 (1.04) | 2.13 (0.83) | 0.88 (0.83) | -0.62 | 0.4670 | -0.75 | |
To manage a difficult relationship | ||||||||||
  No. of good CS | 0.25 (0.62) | 2.25 (0.87) | 2.00 (1.21) | 0.38 (0.52) | 1.13 (0.83) | 0.75 (0.71) | 1.25 | 0.0170 | 1.77 | |
  No. of poor CS | 2.33 (1.78) | 1.75 (1.06) | -0.58 (1.68) | 2.25 (1.75) | 1.00 (0.93) | -1.25 (1.28) | 0.67 | 0.3540 | 0.52 | |