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Key Takeaways<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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  1. Communication is a core competency for all health and social care providers, and its therapeutic use is critical to providing quality, safe care to clients-patients.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Therapeutic communication is the ability of a health and social care provider to use trust-building techniques with a client-patient in order to promote well-being and provide the appropriate care and treatment.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. The Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale\u00a9<\/sup> (GITCS\u00a9<\/sup>) is an assessment instrument developed to evaluate communication skills of health and social care providers.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. GITCS\u00a9<\/sup> can be used in virtual simulations or in clinical settings as a teaching and learning rubric for evaluating the communication abilities of health and social care learners and providers.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Interprofessional health and social care providers can improve their ability to communicate therapeutically through training and repeated use of the GITCS\u00a9<\/sup>.<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. Effective interprofessional communication relies on collaboration, professional ethical standards, and an appreciation of the perspectives within each discipline.<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. A health and social care professional must have a deep understanding of the diversity of client-patient beliefs, cultures, attitudes, values and behaviours in order to communicate effectively and provide culturally acceptable and respectful care.<\/li>\r\n \t
  8. GITCS\u00a9<\/sup> is an instructional and practice tool that can be used frequently to help strengthen the communication competencies of health and social care providers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"
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    Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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    1. Communication is a core competency for all health and social care providers, and its therapeutic use is critical to providing quality, safe care to clients-patients.<\/li>\n
    2. Therapeutic communication is the ability of a health and social care provider to use trust-building techniques with a client-patient in order to promote well-being and provide the appropriate care and treatment.<\/li>\n
    3. The Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale\u00a9<\/sup> (GITCS\u00a9<\/sup>) is an assessment instrument developed to evaluate communication skills of health and social care providers.<\/li>\n
    4. GITCS\u00a9<\/sup> can be used in virtual simulations or in clinical settings as a teaching and learning rubric for evaluating the communication abilities of health and social care learners and providers.<\/li>\n
    5. Interprofessional health and social care providers can improve their ability to communicate therapeutically through training and repeated use of the GITCS\u00a9<\/sup>.<\/li>\n
    6. Effective interprofessional communication relies on collaboration, professional ethical standards, and an appreciation of the perspectives within each discipline.<\/li>\n
    7. A health and social care professional must have a deep understanding of the diversity of client-patient beliefs, cultures, attitudes, values and behaviours in order to communicate effectively and provide culturally acceptable and respectful care.<\/li>\n
    8. GITCS\u00a9<\/sup> is an instructional and practice tool that can be used frequently to help strengthen the communication competencies of health and social care providers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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