Adaptation of the Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) to Surgical Residents in China

In modern China, conflicts between doctors and patients with their families have become increasingly serious. Lack of communication skills is one of the major challenges faced by many residents. Surgical residents' attitudes toward communication are of great significance to communication skills learning. The Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) is a widely validated and popularly used tool for assessing the attitudes of medical students toward communication skills. The aim of this study was to develop a Chinese version of the CSAS in order to explore attitudes toward communication skills among Chinese surgical residents and to test the psychometric properties of the modified instrument.
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL REPORTS Source Type: research