The Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©) is a 28-item scale that was designed by a team of interprofessional experts for both formal and self-assessment of patient-provider communication. Lacking specifically evaluation tools for nontechnical skills, this scale has been developed to enhance health professional education by furthering the skills required in creating a comfortable and safe environment for patients. This scale can be used and implemented into any curriculum as a supplementary or primary tool to help students improve their communication skills.
Currently, we have two versions of the tool. Please scroll down for the new tool curated specifically for interprofessional use. For more information on how to use either tool, please check out our presentations or contact us with any additional inquiries.
Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Scale (GITCS©)
The full 28-Item Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©) and instructions for use:
The following documents outline the basic instructions for use of GITCS and an introduction to the tool. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the members of the GITCS Communication team.
Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©): Reliability and validity testing.
The Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©) team is looking for external participants to help test the reliability and validity of our scale. We have attached an invitation letter below that outlines all the details.
PARTICIPATION INVITATIONAL LETTER
Dear Invitee,
My name is Dr. Suzanne Campbell. I am an associate professor in the School of Nursing at UBC. I am kindly requesting your participation in a research study that I am conducting with faculty members and researchers from UBC-Vancouver, Douglas College, Langara College, University of Fraser Valley, Thompson Rivers University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. This study’s overarching goal is to continue to assess the effectiveness of the Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale (GITCS©) to teach and evaluate health communication skills. Specific objectives of the study include: (1) Obtaining baseline data on health professional students’ and practitioners health communication skills to be used for formative assessment, and (2) Determining the effectiveness of the Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale© (GITCS©) as a teaching and learning rubric for use in virtual simulation and clinical environments.
This study involves completing some descriptive anonymous information and one 28-item survey- GITCS© online.
Your participation in this study is voluntary and confidential. The study is completely anonymous. You may decide not to take part or you may leave the study at any time. You also may opt of your data being used for the study. Your decision will not result in any penalty or loss of benefits to which you are entitled; it will not affect your performance evaluation, work status, or current or future relations with the local coordinator or your institution.
If you would like to participate in the study, please read the consent letter. To begin the study, click the survey link at the end of the consent form or located on the website.
Thank you for your time and participation.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Hetzel Campbell PhD, RN, IBCLC, CCSNE
Faculty/Students GITCS Survey
Practitioner Survey
Participate in a Research Study for reliability and validity testing of GITCS©
Links to Surveys
Faculty and Students -2021 https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHn54b8Q2J8IXR3
Practitioners – 2021 https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7PcVLdMAV8chOHX
Support for Health Care Providers http://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/covid-19-care/health-care-provider-support
Resources and support for mental health
Douglas College https://www.douglascollege.ca/student-services/support/counselling/contact-us
Kwantlen Polytechnic University https://www.kpu.ca/counselling
Langara College https://langara.ca/student-services/counselling/index.html
Thompson Rivers University https://www.tru.ca/current/wellness/counselling.html
University of British Columbia (Vancouver Campus) https://students.ubc.ca/health/counselling-services
University of Fraser Valley https://www.ufv.ca/counselling/personal-counselling
Provincial Health Services Authority http://www.phsa.ca/staff-resources/health-promotion/mental-health/about-mental-health
http://www.phsa.ca/health-promotion-site/Documents/Mental-Health-resources-Poster-PHSA.pdf
Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Scale – Interprofessional (GITCS-IP©)
The full Interprofessional Global Interprofessional Therapeutic Communication Scale – Interprofessional© (GITCS-IP©):
Research Team
Principal Investigator:
Suzanne H. Campbell, RN, PhD, RN, IBCLC, CCSNE, Professor, BC-GITCS© Research Project PI, School of Nursing, UBC (Vancouver)
Co-Investigators:
• University of British Columbia – Kymberley Bontinen, RN, MSN [Past: Douglas College]
• Langara College- Yujin Lim, RN, MSN
• University of the Fraser Valley- Lee-Anne Stephen, RN, MN
• Thompson Rivers University – Arleigh Bell, RN, MN, MEd
Contact:
Dr. Suzanne H. Campbell,
Email: suzanne.campbell@ubc.ca Phone: +1 (604) 822-7748 [voice messages will be forwarded to email]