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Table 4 Comparison of the students’ confidence in their communication skills

From: The influence of a patient counseling training session on pharmacy students’ self-perceived communication skills, confidence levels, and attitudes about communication skills training

How confident are you in your ability regarding:a

Pre

(n = 60)

mean (SD)

Post

(n = 60)

mean (SD)

t

p-value

Communicating with patients

2.57 (0.98)

4.18 (0.89)

−10.018

< 0.001

Patient counseling on special dosage forms

1.85 (0.80)

4.30 (0.70)

−17.568

< 0.001

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aScores based on a 5-point Likert scale for all items, pre and post (1 = not at all confident; 5 = extremely confident)