title: History-taking for medical students. II-Evaluation of a training programme.
abstract: Two experiments designed to evaluate a programme for training medical students in history-taking skills were carried out. Results of the first indicate that students who underwent the programme reported almost three times as much relevant and accurate information after a test interview as those who received only traditional training. Results of the second experiment suggest that most of the programme's effect is attributable to discussion of a printed handout which presents the student with a detailed scheme for taking histories.
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D008487:Medical History Taking; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014743:Videotape Recording