فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: One of the factors affecting increased patients' satisfaction and improved health and medical results is to create a good relation between dentists and patients. The current study assessed 5th semester dental students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences of the first semester 2016-2017  attitudes towards communication skills learning (CSL) . Materials and Methods: In a quasi-experimental study, first communication skills attitude scale (CSAS) 26 item questionnaire was translated into Persian and was reviewed by two faculty members of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Forty students of semester 5 in the school of dentistry 2016-2017 answered the questionnaire in three domains of needs, operation and application as self-declaration at two time points before and after passing the course of Doctor- Patient Communication Skills, on communication with the patient. Data were analyzed using T-test, as well as Wilcoxon signed ranks test. Results: This quasi-study showed a significant difference in terms of positive changes occurred in students' attitudes in general (p<0.001). An improvement in their attitudes was observed in the domains of requirement (p<0.001), implementation (p=0.002) and application (p<0.001) after passing the course in comparison with their attitudes before the course. Man-identified students showed a significant positive changes in their attitude after passing the course in domains of requirement (p<0.001), implementation (p=0.011) and application (p<0.003).  The only positive change in woman-identified students' attitudes was observed in the domain of application (p=0.004). Positive attitude changes in man-identified were significantly higher than woman-identified  in all domains (p=0.023). In comparison with other ages, a significant difference was observed in the positive changes in attitude in 21 year old students (p=0.002). Conclusion: The results showed the positive change in students' attitude after passing that course.