title: Videotape analyses of medical students' interviewing skills.
abstract: This research project investigates medical students' interviewing skills before and after a six-week clerkship in family and community medicine. Male and female medical students participating in a clerkship in family and community medicine were asked to conduct a pre- and post-videotape interview with a simulated patient. After the pre-test videotape, the student received feedback from the simulated patient and from a faculty member. Students than participated in a six-week clerkship with a family physician. Multivariate and univariate analyses of variance of pre- and post-test interviews showed significant pre-post differences on seven of ten interviewing skills and focal areas. Significant differences relating to students' year in medical school were also found.
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical; D014743:Videotape Recording