%0 Journal Article %A Modarres, M %A Mohseni, H %A Shiran-Noogi, P %T The Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Problem Solving Skill Education With Two Methods Of Workshop And Educational Booklet On Interpersonal Communication Of Midwives %J Research in Medical Education %V 9 %N 3 %U http://rme.gums.ac.ir/article-1-357-en.html %R 10.29252/rme.9.3.28 %D 2017 %K Education, Problem Solving, Communications, Learning, Midwifery, %X Introduction Problem solving education is a method for active participation in group discussion and encouraged individuals to critical thinking also, constructive and creative to find solutions that ultimately help to provide better health care services. This study aimed to compare the impact of effective problem solving skills education with two methods of workshop and educational booklet on interpersonal communication of midwives. Methods: in this semi-empirical study, 97 midwives working in hospitals at Kerman province in summer 94 participated and divided into two groups of educational booklet (n=49) and workshop group (n=48) respectively. First Group received educational booklet and for second group, 3-day workshop was performed through interactional method. These two groups were the same as individual characteristics .Simple randomized Sampling was used in hospitals and midwives were selected by contribution of each hospital. Interpersonal communication of two groups were assessed both before and after the intervention and 2 months post-intervention by standard questionnaire (Interpersonal Communication Skills Test). Finally, data were analyzed by descriptive statistics ( Frequency, percentage, Mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Man- Whitney,independent, t-test, paired t-test and analysis of variance through SPSS. Results: There is no significant differences between interpersonal communication of two groups before intervention (P=0.064) but The variations mean score in the workshop group was (8.89) and in booklet group was (3.11) that show the statistical significant differences between two groups after educational intervention ( P=0.001). Conclusion: Midwifery graduates training based on D-Zurilla model through workshop and booklet is effective on interpersonal communication so that it increased this skill, in this regards, by considering limitation in performing workshop in some situation we can use standardized educational booklet %> http://rme.gums.ac.ir/article-1-357-en.pdf %P 28-19 %& 28 %! %9 Research %L A-10-448-1 %+ Kerman Hospital Of Social Security, Kerman, Iran %G eng %@ 2008-952X %[ 2017