Objective To investigate and assess the current status of communication between medical students and old patients so as to improve the communication skills of medical students.
Methods A total of 90 medical students were surveyed by a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 13.0 software.
Results Medical students have recognized the importance of communication with patients, but they rarely had active communication behaviors. In addition, their knowledge of communication skills was utterly inadequate.
Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen the training of communication skills among medical students.
Citation：
LI Jun,WU Hongmei,DONG Birong,YANG Ming,CAO Li,WANG Hui,ZHANG Xuemei,YAO Xun. Investigation of Communication between Medical Students and Old Patients. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(1): 30-33. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090009
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