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Assessment of Communication Skills of First-Year Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Clinical Research (Medical)

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Background: Effective communication is one of the most important skills of a physician. Every medical student's future job success depends on their ability to communicate effectively since it increases confidence, enhances rapport, lowers errors, and leads to improved health outcomes.
Aim:To assess the basic communication skills of first-year medical students. Subjects and Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted in four family medicine units/centers affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Population in the Suez Governorate in which basic clinical communication skills were assessed among a simple random sample of first-year medical students by observing them taking histories from real patients using the Liverpool communication skills assessment scale from December 2019 to February 2020. Results: The study found that the median total communication skills score was (13.5 (IQR: 11-15). The baseline total LCSA score was significantly different across the categories of participants' gender and residence (p= 0.02 and 0.004, respectively). Conclusion:The first-year medical students' performance was unacceptable. A formal training course on communication skills is needed to be addressed in the curriculum for better performance.
 

DOI

10.21608/scumj.2023.321891

Keywords

Assessment, communication skills, First-year medical students

Authors

First Name

Rasha M.

Last Name

Fawzy

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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, Egypt.

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dr_rashafawzy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Doaa K.

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Abdelmonem

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Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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Abdulmajeed A.

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Abdulmajeed

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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, Egypt.

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Samy A.

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Abdelazim

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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, Egypt.

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26

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8

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43654

Issue Date

2023-08-01

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2023-10-18

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2023-08-01

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1110-6999

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2090-2581

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938

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Suez Canal University Medical Journal

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https://scumj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Communication Skills of First-Year Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University

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24 Dec 2024