COMPARISON OF COMMUNICATION SKILL OF MEDICAL STUDENTS BETWEEN ACTIVIST AND NON ACTIVIST
Abstract: In Globalization
era, the advancement in communication affects human included medical
profession. It is crucial for a doctor to practice good communication in order
to interact with patients and non-patients. Communication skill can be gained
either in class or outside class by joining organization.
Objective: The aim of this research is to compare communication skill
between activist students (ASs) and non-activist students (NASs) in Medical
Faculty of UII.
Methods: This study methods was using a simulation of practical
communication between a doctor and patients through observation method. This
research uses non-specific patients and secondary data as result of Objective
Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), communication skill between activist
students and non-activist students. The subjects are all ASs and all NASs.
Result: There are summary of the difference between communication ability
used by ASs and NASs. The number of ASs is equal with NASs. The highlights are
ability in sense of connectivity, coherent information, sequence of
questioning, non-verbal language such as eye-contact, and gestures.
Conclusion: Involvement of student in organization does not significantly
support the success in medical skill examination, in this case for Medicine
Faculty students in UII batch 2013.
Author: Mahdea Kasyiva,
Warenda Wisnu Aulia Rakhman, Syaefudin Ali Akhmad
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg150343