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Panel Discussion

Health Planning and Management

4 – 8 qualified persons sit and talk about the topic

  • In front of a large audience

Panel:

  • A chairman (moderator)
    • 4 – 8 speakers

Panel discussion:

  1. The chairman opens the meeting
    a. Welcomes the group
    b. Introduces the panel speakers
    c. Introduces the topic and
    d. Invites the panel speakers to present their point of view
    e. The discussion begins
  • There is no specific agenda, order of speaking and no set speeches
  • The chairman’s duty is to keep the discussion going and develop the train of thought
  1. After the main aspects of the subject are explored by the panel speakers, the audience is invited to take part
    For a successful panel discussion:
  • The discussion should be spontaneous and natural
  • If the members are unacquainted with this method, they may have a preliminary meeting, prepare the material on the subject and decide upon the method and plan of presentation
  • Panel discussion can be an extremely effective method of education provided it is properly planned and guided

Symposium
It is a series of speeches on a selected subject

  1. Each expert presents one aspect of the subject briefly
  • There is no discussion among the experts unlike panel discussion
  1. In the end, the audience may raise questions
  2. The chairman makes a comprehensive summary at the end of the entire session

Reference:
Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 23rd ed

Channels of communication: Channels of Communication
Barriers of communication: Barriers of Communication
Types of communication: Types of Communication
Methods of communication: Methods of communication
Methods of communication -Individual level approach: Individual Level Approach (methods of communication)
Methods of communication- lecture (chalk and talk): Methods of communication: Chalk and Talk (Lecture)
Methods of communication- demonstration: Demonstrations
Group Discussion: Group Discussion
Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion
Delphi method: Delphi Method
Work shop: Workshop
Role-play: Role Playing (Socio – Drama)
Conference: Conferences and Seminars
Methods of Communication - Mass Approach: Methods of Communication - Mass Approach

Flannel graph: Flannel graph
Flip chart: Flip – charts