title: Developing a communications course for health care assistants.
abstract: Developing an effective communication course is a fundamental part of lifelong learning for health care assistants. The communication course developed at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has enhanced the skills of health care assistants within the practice area and thereby improved the quality of care given to users of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the wider health and social care community in Sheffield.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011209:Power, Psychological; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013222:State Medicine; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods