Survey on the doctor-patient communication education of medical student / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the Chinese medical students′attitudes towards communication skills learning .And their communication skills are assessed by themselves in this study .Methods The cross-sectional survey of 127 undergraduates was completed in Sichuan University .Students were evaluated using Communication Skills Attitude Scale(CSAS) and Scale of medical student′s doctor-patient communication behavior which had been published at home or abroad .Results The mean PAS score of 127 students was 51 .43 ,which was 18 .50 points higher statistically significant than the mean NAS score 32 .94 .And there were no difference between undergraduates and eight-year medical students ,also between female and male .95 .28% students agree that“learning the doctor-patient communication skills and learning clinical skills are equally important” .Concerning Scale of medical student′s doctor-patient communication behavior ,the mean score for 127 students was 104 .93(total score is 150) .The mean scores for male was higher than male(P=0 .008) ,but the mean score for undergraduates and eight-year students had no statistic differ-ences .Conclusion Medical students have positive attitudes towards communication skills and have low self-assessments ,and we should enhance the communication skills training .