title: Teaching and assessment in the consultation. A workshop for general practice clinical teachers.
abstract: A faculty development programme for general practice clinical teachers offered a skills development workshop which specifically addressed the skills needed when teaching and assessing students consulting with patients. The course was sequential, that is, a group moved on to a new skill only when its members could demonstrate mastery of a lower-order skill. Participants practised skills and received feedback on their performance from peers and learners (students and trainees). Participants comments about the course were highly favourable and the majority foresaw a general improvement in their own personal consultation skills as a result. They recognized that the use of a valid and reliable set of criteria (the Leicester Assessment Package) was essential in order to make correct judgements about consultation performance before instituting remedial teaching.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Preston-Whyte
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: McKinley
mesh_terms: D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014743:Videotape Recording