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| Items | Agreed % | Disagreed % |
| PAS | |||
| 1 | In order to be a good doctor I must have good communication skills | 89 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Learning communication skills has helped or will help me to respect patients | 88.5 | 8 |
| 7 | Learning communication skills is interesting | 81.5 | 13 |
| 9 | Learning communication skills has helped or will help to facilitate my team-working skills | 91 | 7 |
| 10 | Learning communication skills has improved my ability to communicate with patients | 88.5 | 10 |
| 14 | Learning communication skills has helped or will help me to respect my colleagues | 80.5 | 16 |
| 17 | Communication skills teaching would have a better image if it sounded more like a science subject | 62.5 | 28.5 |
| 21 | I think it’s really useful learning communication skills on the medical degree | 81 | 13 |
| 23 | Learning communication skills is applicable to learning medicine | 66.5 | 26 |
| 25 | Learning communication skills is important because my ability to communicate is a lifelong skill | 90.5 | 9 |
| NAS | |||
| 2 | I can’t see the point in learning communication skills | 20.5 | 71 |
| 3 | Nobody is going to fail their medical degree for having poor communication skills | 51 | 39 |
| 6 | I haven’t got time to learn communication skills | 47 | 44 |
| 8 | It’s too much trouble to attend sessions on communication skills | 31.5 | 62.5 |
| 11 | Communication skills teaching states the obvious and then complicates it | 44 | 45.5 |
| 13 | Learning communication skills is too easy | 44.5 | 46 |
| 18 | When applying for medicine, I thought it was a really good idea to learn communications kills | 66.5 | 23 |
| 19 | I don’t need good communication skills to be a doctor | 26 | 69.5 |
| 20 | I find it hard to admit having some problems with my communication skills | 51 | 43 |
| 22 | My ability to pass exams will get me through medical school rather than my ability to communicate | 43 | 43.5 |
| 24 | I find it difficult to take communication skills learning seriously | 43 | 48.5 |