Communication skills to convey and receive information accurately is essential for medical safety.

In this study, we performed social skill training (SST) program on cognition and behavior for nursing students to receive instructions before clinical practice. Then, we investigated the effect of the SST and application of the skills during the clinical practice. Of 120 sophomore students of X nursing school, 88 who attended the medical safety classes (90 minutes) responded to the survey in January 2015. Their average age was 21.5 years (SD = 1.7). After the SST program, students were required to engage in self-evaluation and peer evaluation, along with a free description of each learning scenario in the program. In addition, we examined practical prediction and application of the students who learned the receiving instruction skills. Acquired skills by this program resulted in less misunderstanding in communication, and also in understanding for importance of incident prediction.