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Table 2 Participants’ communication skills and self-confidence assessed throughout the program in the 2008 and in the 2009 classes (differences from T0)

From: Teaching communication skills in clinical settings: comparing two applications of a comprehensive program with standardized and real patients

Competence (Raters)

Class

Evaluation times

  

T0

T1

T2

T3

  

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

  

(SD)

(SD)

(SD)

(SD)

Communication skills with SPs (assessed by facultya)

2008

.37

.67**

.69**

.62**

(.15)

(.17)

(.14)

(.17)

2009

.31

.63**

.72**

.69**

(.13)

(.15)

(.12)

(.10)

Communication skills with SPs (assessed by SPsb)

2008

.74

.76

.87

.78

(.24)

(.23)

(.16)

(.22)

2009

.44

.79**

.93**

.89**

(.31)

(.17)

(.08)

(.13)

Self-confidencec (assessed by participants)

2008

4.37

__

4.78

5.05**

(.74)

(.72)

(.88)

2009

4.28

__

4.95**

5.39**

  

(.95)

 

(.56)

(.61)

  1. **p < 0.01.
  2. aUsing the SEGUE framework (‘yes/no’ checklist).
  3. bUsing the ICSC (‘yes/no’ checklist).
  4. cUsing the confidence instrument, self-rated on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = not at all confident to 7 = totally confident).