Investigation on the educational demands and attitudes of medical students majoring in oncology towards doctor-patient communication

Corresponding author: YANG Min, yangmin@cicams.ac.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202507.00068

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  Abstract: Objective: Effective doctor-patient communication (DPC) is important to improve the treatment compliance and efficacy, and DPC is also a core competency for medical students, especially those majoring in oncology. This study aims to investigate the current status, demands, and attitudes of DPC training for medical students majoring in oncology. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on medical students majoring in oncology at Peking Union Medical College, including basic information, current status and demands for DPC education, and communication skills attitude scale (CSAS). The data were statistically analyzed. Results: 192 medical students majoring in oncology completed the effective questionnaire survey. 63.0% of students received specialized DPC training. The proportion of professional-degree postgraduate students who received specialized DPC training was higher than that of academic-degree students, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001), with 73.4% and 42.2% respectively. 97.9% of students believed that DPC was important to themselves, and there was no difference in the educational demands for DPC among medical students of different genders and degree types. In terms of the CSAS, male students scored significantly higher than female students in the three dimensions of F2 Negative Beliefs F4 Assessment and F5 Arrogance and the differences were statistically significant (P=0.035, P=0.049, P=0.004). Professional-degree postgraduate students scored lower than academic-degree students on the question Q19 I dont need good communication skills to be a doctor and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.014). Conclusion: Medical students majoring in oncology have a positive attitude towards doctor-patient communication and a high demand for DPC, but the participation rate still needs to be improved. It is suggested to build teaching cases closely related to medical students majoring in oncology to better integrate teaching and clinical activities, theory and practice, and to implement stratified teaching according to the degree types and needs of medical students.

  Key words: Oncology; Medical students; Doctor-patient communication; Education; Training

  Submit time: 25 July 2025

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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