title: Teaching clinical skills to medical students: the use of simulated patients and videotaping in general practice.
abstract: This paper describes the use of simulated patients in a problem-based teaching programme designed to develop the clinical skills of medical students during a 5-week course in general practice in the University of Leicester. The logistics of training and the advantages of using simulated patients are discussed. Simulated patients are practicable and acceptable in a United Kingdom medical school, and the reaction of students to their use is favourable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: McAvoy
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording