Increasing the effectiveness of medical activities for human health by raising the communication and interpersonal competences of students of the last year of medicine.

The main goal of the project is to improve soft skills (communication skills), including interpersonal skills - making contacts, teamwork skills and clear transfer of thoughts and personal skills (creativity) and self-organization expected by employers from job candidates in accordance with the diagnosed competence deficits, in a group of students in the last year of medical studies of the Medical University of Warsaw. The project will contribute to the achievement of the POWER specific goal by preparing students to work as doctors in the context of the contemporary needs and expectations of the society and business and implementation of innovative methodological teaching, which will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of doctors' activities in their future practice. As part of the planned activities, the following will be organized: a series of workshops, additional classes with employers and study visits. The result of the project will be an increase in building a relationship with the patient and skills in the field of medical communication with the patient, patient's family, colleagues - growth of ability of teamwork, i.e. skills desired by employers, which will increase the chances of graduates to find employment immediately after graduation. Thanks to the cooperation with employers, in the last year, and the possibility of observing students, the established contact may be a method of selecting and recruiting project participants for work. Establishing cooperation will create conditions for getting to know the specifics of a doctor's work from a perspective that has not been the focus of medical students until now. Creating the possibility of contact with the patient and real life situations in doctor's work will contribute to shortening the adaptation time of participants in future work. They will be better prepared for the realities of future work. Thanks to the above-mentioned activities, project participants will know how and be able to communicate more effectively and build a relationship with the patient and colleagues. The project will equip future doctors with effective tools and techniques to support them in their future work, i.e. active listening, asking questions, structure of medical interviews. The program will also result in an increase in personal skills, with particular emphasis on creativity - students will experience situations in which they will be able to use this skill in a practical way. They will learn about external limitations that may affect their effectiveness (e.g. time for contact with the patient, medical procedures). They will be equipped with self-organization techniques and skills that will positively affect the quality of their work. It is predicted to increase the ability work in project conditions, timeliness and work planning, increased resistance to stress and the ability to flexibly respond to changes. The desired change is an increase in the level in the above competence areas to the level described in the specialist profile for the medical doctor's profession created in cooperation with employers.