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Social communication skills of chiropractors: implications for professional practice [platform presentation; the Association of Chiropractic Colleges' Thirteenth Annual Conference, 2006]

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J Chiropr Educ. 2006 Spring;20(1):34-35

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Association of Chiropractic Colleges / congresses

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Yes

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INTRODUCTION: Social communication skills are essential in the health professions. Effective communication can facilitate patient-centered exchange of ideas, opinions, options, and decisions regarding management, enabling full participation of patients in the process of healing. This exploratory study focuses on social communication skills of practicing chiropractors. The goal of this research is to evaluate potential associations between contextual variables of professional practice and chiropractor’s skills of social communication, the response variable.

METHODS: The study sample represents volunteers from a population of Doctors of Chiropractic who currently participate in a practice-based research program. Participating chiropractors (n=72) agreed to complete a survey detailing provider-based variables of social communication (using Reggio’s six dimension social skills inventory, SSI, instrument), gender, age, and number of years in clinical practice. Practice-based variables were collected from a survey completed by the chiropractors’ office staff and included measures of the size of the community, group vs. solo practice, and practice volume. Following the formulation of descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis were applied to assess for significant associations between the response variable of doctor communication and the predictor and control variables obtained from the survey instruments.

RESULTS: The weekly volume of patients to the practice emerged as a salient explanatory factor of overall social communication skills, and as a factor individually for dimensions of social expressivity and social control. The practice arrangement (solo vs. group) proved important in terms of respondent emotional control dimension of communication. Similarly, the solo vs. group practice variable was associated with higher levels of emotional sensitivity. However, this association was mediated by the chiropractor’s gender, with men reporting lower levels of emotional sensitivity than women.

DISCUSSION: Results suggest that selected characteristics of clinical practice may be associated with the clinician’s social skills of communication. The findings of this research suggested associations between dimensions of social communication skills, practice characteristics, practice arrangements, and gender that may inform the efforts of educators as they endeavor to better prepare health professionals for practice in a wide spectrum of settings.

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