Communication

Many researchers, educators, and stalwarts in the field of health education had expressed their concerns in regard to the current system of Ayurveda education, which focuses much more on the theoretical aspect (reasonably on performance skills), and pinpointed on acquisition of attitudinal and communication skills.
Considering the increasing issues pertaining to workplace violence through physical and verbal abuse and assault on the doctors by the patients’ relatives, one of the important causal factors to such problems is the communication gap between the health professionals and the patients along with their relatives. Ayurveda physicians have always been an integral part in health delivery system in public and private sectors. Many of our graduates and postgraduates are serving at multispecialty hospitals, wherein they are the first information providers and frequently interacting health providers.
The advancement in technology and use of modern gadgets in teaching may be a boon, but it is also a bane, when it comes to interpersonal and communication skills. Today’s learner can effectively communicate across the globe for hours through information and communication technology but fails in effective face-to-face communication even for few minutes. This may be a hindrance for achieving social interaction and attainment of professional ethics.