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Aim: This Research has been performed to evaluation on the basic competencies of communication of Celal Bayar University Medical School of Nursing and Midwifery students.
Method: Sample of survey composed from 275 students of Medical School who have been agreed to participate into the research. Questionnaire for sociodemographic characteristics and Communications barometer which was developed by Çevik (2007) was used for collecting of data. Number, the percentage distribution and chi-square analysis was used in the evaluating of the data.
Results: It is determined that, the mean age of the students is 20.58 ± 1.52, 93.1% of them are women, 61.5% of them are in the nursing department and the majority of the students is (40.0%) fi rst grader. It’s determined that more than 80 % of the students scored 6 and over 6 in any sub-range of communication barometer. It’s determined that, lowest score (7.18±1.82) is on “acceptance”; and the highest score (8.47±1.67) is on “listening”.
Conclusion: The results obtained that students’ average of sub-group score of communication barometer is high; according to this, it’s determined that their basic competencies of communication is forceful.