Dental Students’ Awareness of the Importance of Communication Skills
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2023
Yazarlar: Sevgi PEKİN, İlknur Aydoğdu Karaaslan, Nurcan Gülsüm BUDUNELİ
Journal of Ege University School of Dentistry, Uluslararası, 2023, cilt 44, ss 219-226
Özet
INTRODUCTION: Good communication between oral health care providers and their patients plays an important role in the success of dental treatment provided.The aim of the present survey was to investigate the awareness of the dental students on the importance of communication skills and their willingness to be trained for improving their skills.METHODS: A questionnaire including 22 questions to evaluate students' awareness of communication skills and their approach towards gaining communication skills was prepared and 3rd, 4th, and 5th year students were reached via sending an online link.The findings were evaluated statistically by Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon test and Correlation analysis.RESULTS: While 346 of the 491 students participated the survey, 301 students answered all the questions of the questionnaire, thus the overall response rate was 61.3%.The majority of the students were aware of the importance of communication skills and willing to gain these skills during their dental education.Different genders and different classes exhibited differences in attitudes towards the evaluated aspects.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Overall, the students seem to be aware of the importance of the communication skills for their career and they are willing to gain these skills during their training in the dental school.