Identifying levels of professional communication language skills training

Abstract

Background: The characteristic of the levels of professional communication skills is used by foreign medical students in the formation of the specialized language in Romanian. The professional communication is presented by the criteria and the levels of training of the professional communication skills. Material and methods: The method of official documents analysis, scientific observation, case study, questionnaire method, tests provided with the examination and evaluation of the situation in the field of professional communication skills at foreign medical students were elaborated. Based on the specialized text, the low, medium or high levels of training of the professional communication skills of the specialized language were identified. Results: The experiment was conducted at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 72 second-year foreign medical students were involved, General Medicine study program. The levels of training of professional communication skills of the specialized language were identified through the integrated set of knowledge, skills and attitudes for each level. The production of oral / written messages and the ability to form sentences, texts in specialized language, in social and professional interactions, in order to perform service tasks were determined by the system of knowledge, skills and attitudes. Conclusions: Based on the questionnaires and the compared values of the evaluation test, the training levels of the professional communication skills of the specialized language at the foreign medical students were identified.