Communication Tool: Resources

Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale©

Instrument Development & Testing

https://www.casn.ca/2018/05/simulation-nurse-educator-interest-group-webinar-instrument-development-testing-for-simulation-research-an-example-for-assessing-non-technical-skills/

PRESENTATIONS
05/28-05/30/2018 Campbell, S.H.* & Aredes, N.D.A. Instrument development for assessment of non-technical skills: global evaluation provider-patient communication-interprofessional use. CASN Nursing Education Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada (Podium) ID:38503 

11/13-11/14/2018: Campbell, S.H.*, Aredes, N.D.A., Bontinen, K.*, Stephen, L.A., Lim, Y., Tharmaratnam, T. Feasibility testing of the Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©) with nursing faculty and students in British Columbia – Interprofessional implications. SimEXPO 2018, Calgary, AB. (Research, Paper Presentation).

PUBLICATION

Campbell & Aredes, 2019, reports the development and psychometric testing of the GITCS, an instrument designed to measure provider-patient communication, giving formative and summative evaluation for multiple health professionals.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187613991930026X

Health Communication Assessment Tool

Developing the HCAT:

Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Adapted Health Communication Assessment Tool©

Tamara Baird MSN-INS, BSN-RN, Virginia Ruth Corey DNP, APRN-BC, FNP, RN, Jenna Sissom MSN-Ed, RN, Jennifer Weber DNP, MSN, APRN, GNP, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell PhD, RN, IBCLC, CCSNE

Through data collected through student group evaluations, this article explores the validity and reliability of the adapted Health Communication Assessment Tool. Constantly advancing, the evaluation of communication skills in nursing students is an area of high research interest. The Health Communication Assessment Tool (HCAT©), allows such evaluation of interpersonal skills in a healthcare setting. To explore more publications regarding this topic, please look at the references listed below.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2020.11.001

PUBLICATIONS:

Goes, F. S. N., Aredes, N. D. A., Hara, C. Y. N., Fonseca, L. M. M., & Campbell, S. H. (2017). Simulation with standardized patients: nursing student’s communication skills in health. Rev Rene, 18(3), 383-389.

Pagano, M. P., O’Shea, E. R., Campbell, S. H., Currie, L. M., Chamberlin, E., & Pates, C. A. (2015). Validating the Health Communication Assessment Tool (HCAT). Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11(9), 402-410. doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2015.06.001 https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/communications-facultypubs/47/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876139915000547

O’Shea, E. R., Pagano, M., Campbell, S. H., & Caso, G. (2013). A Descriptive Analysis of Nursing Student Communication Behaviors. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 9(1), e5-e12. doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2011.05.013 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876139911001009

Campbell, S. H., Pagano, M. P., O’Shea, E. R., Connery, C., Caron, C. (2013). Development of the Health Communication Assessment Tool: Enhancing Relationships, Empowerment, and Power-Sharing Skills. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2013.04.016 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187613991300087X
November 2013 – https://nursing-sim.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2017/01/2017-01-INACSL-HCATJournalClubPresentationSHC.pdf?customize_changeset_uuid=d755c761-d2a8-4d4f-93fe-1d55e73a03ef&customize_messenger_channel=preview-2

In press:

Baird, T., Campbell, S. H., Corey, V.R., Sissom, J., & Weber, J. (2021, in press). Testing the validity and reliability of the HCAT. Clinical Simulation in Nursing.

Campbell, S. H., Aredes, N. D. A., Bontinen, K., Lim, Y., duManoir, C., Tharmaratnam, T., & Stephen, L.-A. (2022). Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© Short Form (GITCS©): Feasibility Testing in Canada. Clinical Simulation in Nursing65, 7–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.12.006 (Link)

General Tool Development – Presentations

Evaluating Learners Health Communication

05/16-05/18/2018″ Campbell, S.H.*, Lim, Y., Bontinen, K., duManoir, C., Stephen, L., Tharmaratnam, T., & Aredes, N.D.A., Jackson, C. Working Together Evaluating Learners Health Communication: Scale usability across BC Schools of Nursing. WCHSE Annual Conference: Building Bridges: Working together for safer patient care. Parksville, BC, Canada. (Podium)

Provincial Perspective on Instrument Development

Campbell, S.H.*, Lim, Y.*, Bontinen, K., duManoir, C., Stephen, L., Tharmaratnam, T., & Aredes, N.D.A. Developing inter-rater reliability: a Provincial Perspective of a train-the-trainer model for instrument development. CASN Nursing Education Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada (Podium) ID:38498

Translating Instruments to Support Simulation

Campbell, S.H.*, Aredes, N.D.A. Translating reliable instruments to support simulation: a new scale as a contribution to enhance therapeutic communication education worldwide through international teams’ collaboration. INACSL Conference, 2018, Toronto, ON,

Scale Usability developing Interrater Reliability

Campbell, S.H.*, Lim, Y.*, Bontinen, K., duManoir, C., Tharmaratnam, T., & Aredes, N.D.A. Train-the-trainer for Instrument and Scale Usability developing Inter-rater reliability – A provincial perspective. INACSL Conference, 2018. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 13-16, 2018. (Poster)