IMPACT OF ASSERTIVENESS PROGRAM AMONG STUDENTS OF THEFACULTY OF MEDICINE OF TANGIER (MOROCCO)

Background: Self-esteem is of great importance for positive and confident social behavior. Assertiveness the component self-esteem that allow forceful behavior while maintaining respect others. Our study sought to evaluate impact an assertiveness training program on medical school students skills in communication assertiveness. Method:123 first-year (sex ratio (boys/girls):0,52) submitted practical workshop sessions during one month, evaluated at beginning (T0) end (T1) by adapted auto-questionnaires measuring feeling self-efficacy when facing situations, assertiveness, also esteem own capacity. Results: A significant improvement was seen mean scores communications [58.51 64.62 i.e. + 6.11 (CI95% [4.66 7.56]). but also, [73.45 86.4 +12.95 [10.46 15.43], both sexes. Conclusion. programs have a self-esteem, skills. They must more seriously be considered as important schooling.