Turin Savings Bank Foundation

Co-Health is a two-year action research project in the field of health with the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. The project aims to design, experiment and evaluate a transferable training and intervention protocol for doctors and nurses to enhance their soft skills and in particular the abilities for patient relationship management, relationship management with relatives, communication of the treatment path, carry out effective teamwork. The achievement of these competencies is aimed at increasing the overall level of quality of training of health personnel and improving the quality and effectiveness of the care relationship with the patient. The premise of the project is that soft skills are central to a successful outcome of the patient's care path. The Co-Health project intends to use innovative techniques of the Social and Community Theater methodology to enhance the soft skills of the operators. In this project, for the first time, the faculties of Medicine, Obstetrics and Nursing are united in training. The Co-health program, interfaculty, started in January 2014 with 60 students from Turin and Cuneo.