의예과학생들의 의사소통 교육효과 |
김선1, 이수정1,2, 최창진1,3, 허예라1 |
1가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의학교육학과 2가톨릭대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실 3가톨릭대학교 의과대학 가정의학교실 |
The Effectiveness of Communication Skills of Pre-medical Students |
Sun Kim1, Soo-Jung Lee1,2, Chang-Jin Choi1,3, Yera Hur1 |
1Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. 2Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. 3Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. |
Corresponding Author:
Yera Hur, Tel: 02)590-4989, Fax: 02)591-7185, Email: shua@catholic.ac.kr |
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ABSTRACT |
PURPOSE: Communication skills are essential skills which medical students need to acquire in order to become a doctor. More attention is being given to the subject but not many studies have been done in the medical education field.
As communication skills are provided to students as a subject in medical educational curriculum, the assessment of its effectiveness needs to be undertaken.
METHODS: In the year 2005 and 2006, second year pre-medical students at The Catholic University College of Medicine took 'Communication Skills' course in total, 180 second year pre-medical students' survey results were used in the evaluation of the study question. The instrument used in the study was the modified and translated version of 'Beyer-Fetzer's Essential Elements of Communication Skills Assessment Sheet.' The assessment sheets were used as the pre-test and post-test to analyse the differences, which were put through the paired t-test.
RESULTS: All categories of communication skills showed an improvement. For year 2005, meaningful differences were shown in 'opening the discussion (p=.005)' and 'sharing information (p=.008)', whereas in 2006, improvements were shown in all areas.
CONCLUSION: From the result, it is clear that in order to create an effective communication skills program, the content should be more structured and focused on the program objectives. |
Keywords:
Communications skills;Pre-medical students;Pre/post assessment |
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