Medical students’ attitudes toward communication skills learning: comparison between two groups with and without training [Response to letter]

We thank von Widekind and Machin for the interest and comments on our work “Medical students’ attitudes towards communication skills learning: comparison between two groups with and without training”. On the whole, we agree with most of their remarks about the methodological limitations of the study and with the value they gave to our study for “ensuring CS is delivered in an effective format”