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dc.contributor.authorGude, Tore
dc.contributor.authorTyssen, Reidar
dc.contributor.authorAnvik, Tor
dc.contributor.authorGrimstad, Hilde
dc.contributor.authorHolen, Are
dc.contributor.authorBaerheim, Anders
dc.contributor.authorVaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen
dc.contributor.authorLøvseth, Lise T
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-19T11:32:03Z
dc.date.available2021-05-19T11:32:03Z
dc.date.created2020-02-11T08:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.PublishedBMC Medical Education. 2020, 20 (11), 1-7.
dc.identifier.issn1472-6920
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2755675
dc.description.abstractBackground Attitudes towards learning clinical communication skills at the end of medical school are likely to reflect the students’ training and motivation for the continued development of their skills as doctors. Students from two Norwegian medical schools, one with a traditional, and the other with an integrated curriculum, were approached in 2003 and 2015; with regard to changes in students’ attitudes towards acquiring communication skills in two diverse learning environments. This comparison might reveal the effects of the training programs from a long-term perspective, as neither of the medical schools made any major curriculum changes within the study period. Methods The samples comprised final-year medical students. Two separate cross-sectional surveys performed 12 years apart (2003 and 2015) used items from the Communication Skills Attitude Scale in addition to age and gender. The traditional curriculum included only theoretical teaching and no contact with patients was made during the first 2 to 2.5 years of medical school. However, the integrated curriculum combined training in theoretical and clinical communication skills with early patient contact from the beginning. Results Attitudes improved from the first to the second survey at both schools, however, students from the integrated school reported more positive attitudes than those from the traditional school. Female students from the integrated school contributed the most to the difference in attitudes in both surveys. Conclusions Students in both traditional and integrated curricula improved their attitudes from the first to the second assessment. However, compared with the traditional curriculum, the integrated one fostered even higher levels of positive attitudes towards acquiring communication skills, and a pronounced influence was observed on female students. These findings suggest that an educational program with greater emphasis on improving attitudes among male students may be required.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleHave medical students’ attitudes towards clinical communication skills changed over a 12- year period? A comparative long-term studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Authorsen_US
dc.source.articlenumber11en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12909-019-1915-1
dc.identifier.cristin1792861
dc.source.journalBMC Medical Educationen_US
dc.source.4020
dc.source.1411
dc.identifier.citationBMC Medical Education. 2020, 20:11en_US
dc.source.volume20en_US


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