Table 6 Participants’ interest in communication skills training and interprofessional education
Items | Veterinary students (n = 294) | Trainees for veterinary nurses (n = 111) | Animal keeper trainees (n = 62) | All participants (n = 467) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | No answer | |
I believe that communication skills can be learned. | 97.28 | 2.04 | 94.59 | 5.41 | 95.16 | 4.84 | 96.36 | 3.21 | 0.43 |
I think that it makes sense to learn communication skills during my professional training. | 96.94 | 2.38 | 94.59 | 5.41 | 82.26 | 17.74 | 94.43 | 5.14 | 0.43 |
I think that it is appropriate to integrate communication skills training as a compulsory subject. | 60.88 | 38.44 | 64.86 | 35.14 | 45.16 | 54.84 | 59.74 | 39.83 | 0.43 |
I would prefer to integrate communication skills training as an elective subject. | 76.19 | 23.13 | 74.77 | 24.32 | 58.06 | 41.94 | 73.45 | 25.91 | 0.64 |
I don’t have time in my professional training to learn communication skills. | 39.46 | 59.86 | 29.73 | 70.27 | 32.26 | 67.74 | 36.19 | 63.38 | 0.43 |
Learning communication skills improves my ability to have conversations with clients. | 98.30 | 1.02 | 93.69 | 6.31 | 87.10 | 12.90 | 95.72 | 3.85 | 0.43 |
Learning communication skills enhances my ability to work within a team. | 96.26 | 3.06 | 84.68 | 15.32 | 87.10 | 11.29 | 92.29 | 7.07 | 0.64 |
Teaching communication skills can make it easier for me to enter my profession. | 96.60 | 2.72 | 88.29 | 11.71 | 83.87 | 16.13 | 92.93 | 6.64 | 0.43 |
With the help of communication training, I can learn how to deal with conflict situations in my future professional life. | 93.88 | 5.44 | 85.59 | 14.41 | 80.65 | 19.35 | 90.15 | 9.42 | 0.43 |
I am interested in participating in an interprofessional communication training with my future colleagues. | 87.07 | 12.24 | 60.36 | 39.64 | 54.84 | 45.16 | 76.45 | 23.13 | 0.43 |
I believe that an interprofessional communication training can improve my cooperation with my future colleagues. | 95.24 | 3.74 | 86.49 | 13.51 | 75.81 | 24.19 | 90.58 | 8.78 | 0.64 |
An interprofessional communication training would help me to respect my future colleagues. | 58.50 | 40.82 | 41.44 | 58.56 | 45.16 | 54.84 | 52.68 | 46.90 | 0.43 |
I would feel more confident in communicating in the context of euthanasia if I had practiced the situation beforehand. | 87.76 | 11.90 | 64.86 | 35.14 | 67.74 | 32.26 | 79.66 | 20.13 | 0.21 |
Learning communication skills helps me to respect clients. | 69.39 | 30.27 | 70.27 | 29.73 | 64.52 | 33.87 | 68.95 | 30.62 | 0.43 |