Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Pamukkale Medical Journal, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.191-200, 2021 (Scopus)
Purpose: While communication is very valuable in every area of life in terms of healthy relations, good communication about health is also important for the rapid diagnosis and therefore treatment of the physician. Healthy communication is indispensable in the patient-physician relationship, both for fast and efficient conclusion of the patient and for the physician to do his job with pleasure.Evaluations from the point of view of the physician are also very important for healthy physician-patient communication.We think that there is a serious lack of literature on this subject, and in our study, we aimed to identify communication difficulties for the physician and thus to strengthen patient-physician communication and to contribute from the point of view of the physician. Materials and method: 60 doctors who were in our hospital and volunteered to participate in the study were participated. The demographic features and specialties of the doctors participating in the study were recorded. Descriptive questionnaires and communication scale covering the communication features of the volunteers were applied face to face by discussing them. Results: The study was carried out with a total of 60 doctors. 37 (61.7%) of the participating doctors are women and 23 (38.3%) are men. Most participants are between the ages of 35-44 (46.7%). The average specialization period of the participants is 11.03±5.22 years.41 of the participants (68.3%) stated that their dream job is to become a doctor. 37 (61.7%) of the participants stated that they wanted to be a doctor again, while 23 (38.3%) stated that they did not want to be a doctor again.The effect of the specialty in social communication skills is not statistically significant (p>0.05). There is no significant difference between the social communication skills of those who say that their dream job is being a doctor and those who say that their dream is not being a doctor (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the participants who said “Yes” to the question “Would you like to be a doctor again?” And those who said “No” (p>0.05). Conclusion: Many studies on patient-physician communication have been done before, and a great majority of them evaluated the subject from a patient perspective. The most important privilege of our study is that we evaluate this issue from the perspective of physicians. According to the results of our study, it was revealed that whether being a doctor is their dream job or not, whether they are surgeons or internal medicine doctors, in short, regardless of the terms and conditions, the doctors fulfilled their duty in the consciousness of the sanctity of their profession without depending on any parameters.Our study was carried out by interviewing the doctors before the pandemic period. We dedicate our work to our physician friends and healthcare workers who work devotedly, conscientiously and in full force despite all risks during the pandemic period.