title: [The use of role-playing with actors and video in teaching clinical interviews to medical students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the use of the technique of role-play, using actors and recorded on video, in teaching clinical interviews to medical students; and the latters' evaluation of the methodology used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective and observational controlled study. SITE. The Faculty of Medicine in Granada.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out with a group of 32 students doing the last year of Medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two actors, ten students as interviewers and two teachers were involved. The programme consisted of: a theoretical setting-out of the contents of the clinical interview; a description of the group analysis method; filming simulated interviews on video; group analysis of the material filmed; and evaluation by means of a questionnaire. The choice of interviews gave rise to no problems. The actors assumed with ease the roles they had to play. In the group work, students actively participated and made constructive contributions all the time. In the assessment the items referring to Interest, Teaching Method and Relevance and Originality were high (4.49 out of 5 points). Only that referring to documentation obtained a lower score (3.87 out of 5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Role-play technique, using actors and video, are excellent educational methods for teaching the clinical interview in undergraduate training.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de la Revilla
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fleitas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Prados
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012381:Role Playing; D014743:Videotape Recording
vernacular_title: El rol-play con actores y el vídeo en la enseñanza de la entrevista clínica a estudiantes de medicina.