Background: At present,domestic studies about Chinese medical students' doctor-patient communication skills are rare and have many limitations,which are hard to offer medical students an objective and accurate assessment,as well as to provide a feedback in time.Objective: To develop a Chinese medical students' doctor-patient communication skills scale evaluated by inpatients,and to test its reliability as well as validity.Methods: During October to November,2018,448 resident doctors who underwent standardized training and took after-department ...