As the pharmacy profession evolves, good communication skills are vital for securing the\nsafer and more rational use of medicines. Currently there is a lack of qualitative studies researching\nEuropean student pharmacistsâ?? and their experience with communication skills training (CST).\nThis qualitative study aimed to fill this gap by exploring Danish student pharmacistsâ?? attitudes\ntowards, and experiences of, CST. Focus group interviews were conducted with a heterogeneous\nsample of Danish student pharmacists in 2016. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim\nand analyzed inductively. Fifteen students participated in three focus groups. Five categories\nidentified as key aspects were: professional communication vs. normal conversation, motivation to\nengage in training, how to learn communication skills, experience with CST and universitiesâ?? role in\nteaching communication skills. In conclusion, there were both positive and negative attitudes towards\nCST among the participants. However, they had little experience with CST. Bloomâ??s taxonomy of\nthe aective domain and Kolbâ??s experiential learning model appear to be useful in understanding\nstudentsâ?? attitudes towards CST. Pharmacy educators can use this study to structure and improve\ntheir CST curricula by knowing what influences studentsâ?? attitudes towards CST.
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