Soft skills (SKs) are skills related to the interaction among people and their way of dealing
with tasks. Increasingly valued in the workplace, they are especially relevant in health …

Context Health care workers must possess high levels of medical knowledge, technical skills
and also non‐technical skills (NTS) in order to provide safe, effective and patient‐centred …

Good communication skills are essential for an optimal doctor-patient relationship, and also
contribute to improved health outcomes. Although the need for training in communication …

Background: Despite numerous studies exploring medical students' attitudes to
communication skills learning (CSL), there are apparently no studies comparing different …

Objectives: Attitudes towards communication skills of medical undergraduates can be
gathered using the Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). We aimed to develop a …

Abstract Background The Communication Skills Attitudes Scale (CSAS) created by Rees,
Sheard and Davies and published in 2002 has been a widely used instrument for measuring …

Aims: We wanted to explore cognitive and affective attitudes towards communication skills
among students in Norwegian medical schools. Method: 1833 (60% response rate) medical …

The purpose of this study was to adapt the twenty‐six‐item Communication Skills Attitude
Scale (CSAS) developed for medical students for use among dental students and to test the …

Communication skills play a paramount role in clinical practice. In every clinical setting,
medical doctors need to interview their patients efficiently and be persuasive toward their …

Objectives: To explore medical students' attitudes towards communication skills learning in
Western Saudi Arabia and to examine impact of socio-demographic variables on the …