Abstract: Doctor-patient communication skills play a vital role in medical education and clinical work. In this study, the young doctors in the Guangdong General Hospital were investigated by questionnaires to understand residents' cognition of doctor-patient communication, negative communications experience and interest in communication skills training. 50 young doctors completed the survey. This survey showed that 70.0% (35/50) of the residents had received unsystematic doctor-patient communication skills training; 96.0% (48/50) of the respondents had negative experience of doctor-patient communication; 98% of the respondents believed their communication skills were insufficient; 40.0% (20/50) of the respondents were not satisfied with current communication skills education; 92.0% (46/50) of the respondents hoped to further accept communication skills training. Therefore, it is important to integrate doctor-patient communication into the compulsory training course system for residents during their standardized training, strengthening residents' communication skills, by which making the residents have good professionalism and job competence. Finally, the importance and necessity of strengthening the training of residents' doctor-patient communication ability in department of orthopedics was analyzed. Considering with the particularity of orthopedic diseases, training methods are put forward to strengthen doctor-patient communication ability.

Key words: Orthopedics, Resident, Doctor-patient communication, Communication skills, Training