title: Initial experience with a course in medical history-taking for first-year medical students.
abstract: A course in medical history-taking for first-year medical students is described. Examples of course objectives are given, illustrating a simplified, organized approach to history-taking suitable for first-year students. Course evaluation data show that first-year students are able to acquire history-taking skills and that they consider such a course involving patient contact appropriate to this level of training.
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009820:Ohio; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching