Objective This study is to explore the correlation between
communication skills
attitude and general
self-
efficacy among medical interns.
Methods Medical intern
students of three medical colleges in Shanghai were participated in this study, and
questionnaire survey was conducted by
cluster sampling of class. SPSS 19.0 was used to process descriptive
analysis, t-test, F-test, correlation
analysis and hierarchical
regression analysis for
data analysis. Result 600
questionnaires were handed out and 575 valid samples were collected. The effective rate was 95.83%. The mean score of positive and negative
attitude dimension in CSAS were (51.880 ±7.003) and (31.550 ±5.839). The mean score of GSES was (26.230 ±4.820). A positive correlation was found between
positive attitude of
communication skills and general
self-
efficacy (r=0.165, P<0.01). Hierarchical
regression analysis indicated that
school,
cognition about importance of com-munication skills and general
self-
efficacy significantly predicted
positive attitude of
communication skill.These three variables could explain 21.8% of total variance and general
self-
efficacy can explained 2.1%after control other variables. Conclusion
Communication skills
attitudes of medical interns is positive on the whole. Enhancing their general
self-
efficacy is beneficial to improving their
positive attitude towards
communication skills.