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Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands
Former Title: Journal of Medical Education | The Official Journal of School of Medical Education and Learning Technologies
e-ISSN 3117-4655
p-ISSN 1735-3998
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Medical Students’ Viewpoint on Learning Communication Skills
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1Department of health education and promotion, school of public health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical sciences, Yazd, Iran
2Department of Health Education, school of public health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Medical Information and librarianship, Faculty of Management and information science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Farzaneh Sardari, MS.C Student, Department of Medical Information and librarianship, Faculty of Management and information science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: sardari.f@tak.iums.ac.ir
Published online:Apr 19, 2017
Article type:Research Article
Received:May 16, 2016
Accepted:Nov 05, 2016
How to Cite:Soltani T, Baghianimoghadam MH, Pirouzeh R, Sardari F. Medical Students’ Viewpoint on Learning Communication Skills. J Med Edu. 2016;15(4):e105547. doi: https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v15i4.12454
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Communication skills play an important role in diagnosis, effective treatment, and patient satisfaction. We aimed to determine the attitudes of medical students towards learning communication skills in order to design related educational programs for them.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 200 medical students of Yazd that were selected using classified simple random sampling. The data was collected using the Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) with approved reliability (α=0.74). Data were analyzed using SPSS software.Results: The mean±SD positive, negative, and overall attitude scores of the participants were 51.17±5.65, 34.12±4.89 and 85.27 ± 6.39, respectively. Age had no influence on their attitude towards learning communication skills.Conclusions: The finding of positive attitudes toward learning communication skills suggests that students would agree with the assertion that communication skills should be an integral part of curricula.
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