Abstract
Background: The ability of communicating with people is of great importance for physicians. Predicting unknown variables like personality traits is one of the important impressive issues in choosing future medical experts in medical training. Regarding this, medical colleges have training programs all around the world. The present study aimed to investigate the attitude toward learning communication skills based on the personality traits of medical students. Materials and Methods: This correlational study was done in 2019 and the participants were medical students who were selected using a convenience sampling method. Zuckerman-Kuhlman personality questionnaire and communication skills attitude scale (CSAS) were used for data collection. CSAS was used to assess positive and negative attitudes. Results: The results showed that only the sociability dimension among the five dimensions of personality had a significant relationship with attitude toward learning communication skills (P=0.018). Moreover, significant relationships of gender (P=0.022), mother’s education level (P=0.049), and residence (P=0.036) with attitude to learning communication skills were found. Conclusion: According to the results, the dimension of demographic characteristics is effective in improving communication skills of medical students. Therefore, it is recommended that it should be considered in medical curriculum development and revision and modifications.
Highlights
Communication skills attitude scale (CSAS) was published in 2002
Descriptive statistics for the personality traits showed sociability was at the highest level with an average of 4.12, while anxiety and neuroticism were at the lowest level with a mean score of 2.52
According to the standard deviation index for the personality traits, neuroticism anxiety had the lowest dispersion with the score of 1.22 and the trill-seeking type had the highest dispersion with the score of 1.52
Summary
Communication skills attitude scale (CSAS) was published in 2002. This scale measures the medical students’ attitude toward learning communication skills during medical school. Communication skills have been described as the most essential attribute for people working in primary health care (4) Several variables such as personality traits are assumed to affect attitudes toward communication skills training. To the best of our knowledge, there is little research identifying medical students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning based on the personality dimension. In this regard, the present study was carried out to predict the communication skills learning according to the students’ personality which plays a very important role in educating and empowering the individuals.
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