title: Differences in medical students' attitudes and self-efficacy regarding patient-doctor communication.
abstract: To examine students' attitudes and self-efficacy regarding patient-doctor communication across levels of training, a questionnaire was administered to three classes (n = 203 students). Students' year of study, prior experience, and sex influenced their attitudes and self-efficacy regarding patient-doctor communication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Education, Clinical Research Centre, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. david.kaufman@dal.ca
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Laidlaw
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langille
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sargeant
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*