Validation of the Romanian Communication Skills Ability Scale – CSAS-RO – A Tool for Medical Schools. (May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Steriu, Andreea; Bratu, Eugenia Claudia; Cioran, Nicoleta Valentina; Brînduşe, Lăcrămioara Aurelia
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical education and curricular development. Volume 9(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05
• Subjects: MeSH terms: communication methods -- total -- medicine -- education -- medical -- undergraduate; Medical education -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Education, Medical; Medical education; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.71
• DOI: 10.1177/23821205221096375
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2382-1205

Abstract

In medicine ability to communicate requires training and continuous development. Aim: To validate the Communication Skills Ability Scale in Romanian. Study design: cross-sectional observational interrupted large case series. Sample and setting: all year 5 medical undergraduate students enrolled at UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest (UMFCD). A two field tests study: 1) 2nd semester of the 2017/2018 academic year (n = 361); 2) 2018/2019 academic year (n = 703). Methodology: The Romanian translation of CSAS® was used. Results: The CSAS-RO confirms the 2-Factor scale; internal consistency: Cronbach-α coefficient was 0.894 for the PAS (0.870 CSAS ® ) and 0.754 for the NAS (0.805 CSAS ® ) All item-total and item-rest correlations satisfied the criterion of more than 0.30, ranging from 0.32 to 0.71 with the exception of items 17 (field test 1) and item 11 (field test 2) Conclusion: CSAS-RO is valid to use with medical students. The reuse of the scale with a longitudinal study design will allow to assess any new educational needs for communication ability in medical students plus add the remaining property to test (the test-retest reliability).