The importance of communication skills training in undergraduate medical education is now widely accepted. However little is known about student attitudes towards their own communication skills and whether their attitudes changes as a result of participating in communication skills courses. The aim of the present study was to identify these attitudes prior to commencing such a course and to fur...

INTRODUCTION Primary care residencies are expected to provide training in cultural competence. However, we have insufficient information about the perceptions of stakeholders actually involved in healthcare (i.e. residents, faculty and patients) regarding commonly encountered cross-cultural barriers and the skills required to overcome them. METHOD This study used a total of 10 focus groups to...

background : managers’ communication skills are one of the most important topics in educational sector of universities of medical sciences and may have considerable effect on faculty members and employees. this study was performed to determine the level of communication skills (verbal, listening, feedback) of the heads of department of faculties and its relation with some demographic variables....

By the end of their training, medical students should have demonstrated a proficiency in communication and acquired attitudes consistent with effective medical practice. Few studies have explored medical students' attitude within a communication skills learning and teaching context. The current study aims to identify the attitudes of medical students towards communication skills learning and to...

communication impairment and interaction problems are obvious characteristics of children with autism disorder. this research aimed to design the preverbal skills training program, and study its effectiveness on high- functional autistic children's communication skills. this research is an experimental research in which students with higher scores in autism high functional scale were selec...

abstract background: sexual function is reduced in an infertile woman. this study aimed to determine the effect of a communication skills training program on sexual function in infertile women referring to the medical centers in isfahan in 2012. materials and methods: this study is a field trial study using control groups in which 32 infertile couples were selected by convenience sampling, and ...

INTRODUCTION There is little research identifying medical students' attitudes towards communication skills learning. This pilot study outlines the development of a new scale to measure attitudes towards communication skills learning. METHODS First- and second-year medical students (n = 490) completed the 26-item Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) and 39 students completed the CSAS on ...