Group discussion teaching technique for small groups and encouragement of critical\nbut constructive and creative thinking for finding new and efficient solutions can\nlead to provision of better health and medical services that is defined in clinical setting,\nas the clinical psychology finds a way for curing and education. The present\nstudy was conducted with the aim to compare the effects of creative group teaching\nand educational booklet on interpersonal skills of midwives in a clinical setting. The\npresent study was conducted on 97 midwifery graduates working in hospitals in\nKerman Province, in two groups of educational booklet (49 midwives) and educational\nworkshop (48 midwives) who participated in a 3-day creative teaching workshop\nin summer 2015. Creative problem-solving teaching intervention group was\ntaught through educational workshop method, including small group and team\nworking, group discussion and mini lectures. Midwifery 1 intervention group was\nprovided with an educational booklet validated by professors of Nursing and Midwifery\nSchool for independent and individual study by midwives working in Kerman\nProvince hospitals. The two groups were matched in terms of personal details. Hospitals\nwere randomly selected, and midwives were selected by quota sampling. Inter-personal communication skills of both groups were assessed before and after intervention,\nand two months later using Interpersonal Communication Skills Test. The\nresults obtained were analyzed in SPSS-16 using descriptive statistics, including frequency\nand percentage, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics including\nU-Mann-Whitney, paired t, independent t, repeated measures ANOVA tests\nat significance level of P < 0.05. Mean changes in interpersonal communication\nscores in workshop group were significantly greater than those in educational booklet\ngroup after intervention, and educational workshop had caused a mean score\nchange of 8.46 in every participant (P < 0.001). Two months after educational intervention,\nmean score change was 8.89 in workshop group, significantly different from\n3.11 in educational booklet group (P < 0.001). According to paired t-test, mean\nscores of interpersonal communication significantly increased in both workshop\n(100.14 to 117.12) (P < 0.001) and booklet (96.56 to 99.8) groups (P < 0.001). Both\nteaching methods improved midwives� interpersonal communication skills. Therefore,\nstandardized educational booklets which produce cost-effective similar results\nare recommended.
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