Methods and Barriers to Communication Between Pharmacists During Transitions of Care

Background Effective communication between pharmacists across healthcare settings is essential to facilitate transitions of care (TOC) and improve patient outcomes. Objective To explore pharmacists’ communication methods and preferences and identify barriers to communication during TOC. Methods A survey was distributed to a convenience sample of pharmacists in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Texas. The survey collected information on pharmacists’ demographics, practice settings, and clinical services, and their methods, preferences, and barriers to communication during TOC. Results A total of 308 responses were included in the analysis. The majority of pharmacists practiced in inpatient pharmacy (39.3%) followed by outpatient community pharmacy (23.4%). About 57.8% of pharmacists reported involvement in TOC services. Among respondents, most reported electronic health record (EHR) as their primary method of communication to receive (66.2%) and send (55.5%) information to perform TOC services. Additionally, EHR was reported as the preferred method of communication to receive (75.4%) and send (75.5%) information during TOC. The primary reasons pharmacists reported not utilizing patient health information were lack of information (38.4%), incorrect information (36.7%), delay in receiving information (36.7%), and lack of time (34.5%). Barriers to providing TOC services included poor communication during handoffs (44.2%) and difficulty obtaining needed patient medical information (43.9%). Conclusion This study identified methods and barriers to communication between pharmacists during TOC across healthcare settings. This provides an opportunity for future research to develop interventions to improve communication between pharmacists at different practice settings.

Enhancing intergroup communication in healthcare: The role of the receiver

This paper explores how the communication behaviour of another can have significant personal and professional impact and, in turn, put others in harm’s way. In healthcare, in a continual attempt to address known barriers to communication, such as fear, hierarchy and power differentials, significant human and financial resources are deployed to develop and teach new and existing methods of how to speak up. Despite the effort, speaking up remains difficult, and as a result, patients are still being harmed. The author’s personal story highlights the fact that maybe, until now, we have not been addressing the whole issue.

“Do Elite Sport First, Get Your Period Back Later.” Are Barriers to Communication Hindering Female Athletes?

Competitive female athletes perceive their hormonal cycles to affect their training, competition performance and overall well-being. Despite this, athletes rarely discuss hormonal-cycle-related issues with others. The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the perceptions and experiences of endurance athletes and their coaches in relation to barriers to athlete–coach communication about female hormonal cycles. Thirteen Swedish national-/international-level female cross-country skiers (age 25.8 ± 3.6 y) and eight of their coaches (two women and six men; age 47.8 ± 7.5 y) completed an online survey relating to their educational background, prior knowledge about female hormonal cycles and a coach–athlete relationship questionnaire (CART-Q). They then participated in an online education session about female hormonal cycles and athletic performance before participating in semi-structured focus-group interviews. Thematic analyses revealed three main barriers to communication: knowledge, interpersonal, and structural. In addition, the results suggested that a good coach–athlete relationship may facilitate open communication about female hormonal cycles, while low levels of knowledge may hinder communication. To overcome the perceived barriers to communication, a model is proposed to improve knowledge, develop interpersonal relationships and strengthen structural systems through educational exchanges and forums for open discussion.

Adaptasi dan Interaksi Mahasiswa Pattani (Thailand) dalam Tinjauan Komunikasi Antar Budaya di Lampung

Intercultural communication will occur if there is communication between each other who has different backgrounds. When someone has a different culture and background, it is possible that the barriers to communication will increase. Likewise, what was experienced by Pattani students who were studying at the Raden Intan State Islamic University Lampung, when there was communication with local students who had various cultures, of course, they encountered many obstacles. Communicators who are involved in the interaction certainly want effective communication between each other. Therefore, Pattani students are required to be able to adapt and acculturate the existing culture to reduce uncertainty. Qualitative descriptive is the type of research used in this scientific work. Based on the data seen in the field, a common thread can be drawn, that Pattani (Thailand) students have 2 ways of interacting, namely: verbal and nonverbal communication.

Barriers to Communication Skills Assessment and Ways to Overcome Them

Teaching and assessing communication skills requires different approaches from clinical teaching. The challenge is to transform formal training in these skills into a systematic and purposefully organized, organically integrate communication skills training with clinical training. The article discusses barriers to teaching communication skills and ways to overcome them. Possible ways to standardize training and assessment of communication skills and their integration into existing curricula are shown.

Working closely with parents and carers

Parent partnerships are integral to an educator's role, even more so when working with children with SEND. But what does this actually mean? Claire Hewson touches on explaining your inclusive practice to parents and identifying and overcoming barriers to communication.

Atonement impasse: The perennial problem of communicating Christ’s atonement to Muslims

For 1400 years, Muslims and Christians in interfaith dialogue have encountered a perennial impasse surrounding the historical account of Jesus’ death. For most Muslims who hold a traditional interpretation of the Qur’an, Jesus did not die on the cross, but was assumed to heaven and another was crucified in his place. For Christians, however, the cross and subsequent resurrection are the center of gospel faith. This article recognizes the impasse over the crucifixion, but proposes that the conceptual distance surrounding the concept of atonement is a prior concern that needs to be addressed before one overcomes the historical question. In order to consider the barriers to communication and mutual understanding surrounding Jesus’ cross, we must first recognize that the qur’anic understanding of atonement presents linguistic, ritual, narrative, and worldview barriers to a biblical understanding of atonement. As such, before one answers the question, “Did Jesus die on the cross?” it is imperative to ask, “Why would Jesus’ death on the cross matter?” This article seeks to explain the distinct understanding of atonement represented in the Qur’an and to propose that the Book of Hebrews is uniquely suited to present a biblical understanding of atonement to one who is influenced by the Qur’an.

EXPRESSION OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND BENEFITS FOR CREATING AN EFFECTIVE MENTORING ENVIRONMENT. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CASE OF LITHUANIA AND LATVIA

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the survey results on communication competencies in mentoring in Lithuania and Latvia. In mentoring, it is imperative to examine barriers to communication competencies between business consultants (from now on referred to as "mentors") and start-up entrepreneurs or those intending to start a business (from now on referred to as "mentees") and propose solutions on how to enhance and maintain the business mentor network by utilizing communication technologies.

Cultural Barriers to Communication (CBC) facing women entrepreneurs from BPW and overcoming conditions, in the perspective of MIL Cities

This article analyzes data on Cultural Barriers to Communication — CBC and Creativity in a group of Businesswomen and Professionals — BPW, from Brazil, researched by the 20 CBC Methodology, recommended by UNESCO, which describes 20 CBC and 5 dimensions of Creativity. The objective of the research was to identify the CBCs faced by women en­ trepreneurs and their creative potential to overcome them. Data were obtained through a questionnaire applied online to BPW associates in different Brazilian regions, obtaining 350 responses among 809 associ­ ates. Based on the relationship between CBC and Creativity, we identi­ fied that the women in this sample have low CBC indicators and high Creativity indicators and, the smaller the CBCs, the greater Creativity and entrepreneurship, and vice versa. Therefore, we can see important aspects for women entrepreneurs in the MIL Cities, with sensitivity to understand the CBC and Creativity to transform reality, towards a more just, egalitarian, inclusive city.

More women in politics: a challenge for MIL Cities

Cultural barriers to communication have been one of the reasons why women still have low representation in politics. Especially in Brazil, where they are 52% of the electorate. In the last election for mayors and councilors held in 2016, for example, of the 5,668 cities, only 641 elected women for the position of mayor. The municipal legislature also became mostly male: only 24 have a majority of councilors. In this chapter, we will present a little of the history of the female vote in Brazil and ana­ lyze, through a case study, the candidacy of three female leaders: the Brazilians Dilma Roussef and Marina Silva, and the American Hillary Clinton. The objective is to compare how cultural barriers to communi­ cation, based on the concept created by Professor Doctor Felipe Chibás Ortiz and recognized by Unesco’s GAPMIL, — “as the set of factors, sym­ bolic or concrete that go beyond idiomatic differences that can hinder communication between people or organizations of different ethnici­ ties, values, countries, peoples, regions or cultures” — presented them­ selves with each of the candidates. Suggestions of solutions recognized by the MIL Cities will also be presented, through education, training and women’s empowerment, with actions and interventions in physical and digital spaces.