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

Table 3 Participants’ communication skills assessed throughout the program in interviews with RPs and with SPs

Competence (Raters)	Patients	Evaluation times
		T1	T2	T3
		Mean	Mean	Mean
		(SD)	(SD)	(SD)
Communication skills (assessed by faculty^a)	RPs	.72	.70	.71
	RPs	(.11)	(.15)	(.14)
	SPs	.65	.71	.66
		(.16)	(.12)	(.14)

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