UKM medical graduates’ perception of their communication skills during housemanship

• Main Authors: Abdus Salam,, Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus,, Siti Harnida Md Isa,, Zulkifli Zainuddin,, Azian Abdul Latiff,, Ng, Soon Pheng, Zauyah Yusuf,, Ima Nirwana Soelaiman,, Nabishah Mohamad,, Norhayati Moktar,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2008
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2014/1/Page_54_-_58.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2014/; http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php

The art of talking to patients and their relatives does not come naturally to most of us and the ability to put oneself in the patients’ predicament is difficult particularly for the young doctors. To identify the communication abilities of the young doctors, a cross sectional study was carried o...