Assessing clinical communication skills in physicians: are the skills context specific or generalizable

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Descriptive Statistics and Reliability for the communication items on ITER's Mini-CEX and PAR instruments

Instruments	Mean+ SD	Min	Max	Cronbach's Alpha
1. ITER's communication ^†	2.88 ± 0.17	2.48	3.00	0.85
2. PAR Co-worker communication	4.12 ± 0.46	3.5	4.81	0.86
3. PAR Patient communication	4.44 ± 0.26	3.9	4.95	0.92
4. Mini-CEX Interviewing skills	6.73 ± 0.85	4.86	8.56	0.54

^†Communication skills was a 3-point scale with 1 being the lowest and 3 being the highest

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