<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study aimed to investigate the opinion of students of medicine, nursing and midwifery on their training in communication skills as an optional course. The participants included in the study were 126 students altogether. Information was gathered using a self-administered questionnaire. The results showed the level of motivation to participate in the training process, the results desired and achieved by the students and their evaluation of the quality of the training. The respondents were convinced that such training would be an asset for their future work as medical professionals and they were satisfied with the quality of training.</p></abstract>

This study aimed to investigate the opinion of students of medicine, nursing and midwifery on their training in communication skills as an optional course. The participants included in the study were 126 students altogether. Information was gathered using a self-administered questionnaire. The results showed the level of motivation to participate in the training process, the results desired and achieved by the students and their evaluation of the quality of the training. The respondents were convinced that such training would be an asset for their future work as medical professionals and they were satisfied with the quality of training.

Assessment Of Medical, Nurse And Midwife Students Of Their Training In Communication Skills

Department of General Practice, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University ‒ Pleven

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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This study aimed to investigate the opinion of students of medicine, nursing and midwifery on their training in communication skills as an optional course. The...

Assessment Of Medical, Nurse And Midwife Students Of Their Training In Communication Skills

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 150 - 153

Received: Oct 30, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0166

Keywords
communication skills, training, medical, nursing and midwifery students

© 2015 Tsvetelina Valentinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessment Of Medical, Nurse And Midwife Students Of Their Training In Communication Skills

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 150 - 153

Received: Oct 30, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0166

Keywordscommunication skills, training, medical, nursing and midwifery students

© 2015 Tsvetelina Valentinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
communication skills, training, medical, nursing and midwifery students