title: Role-playing for more realistic technical skills training.
abstract: Clinical skills are an important and necessary part of clinical competence. Simulation plays an important role in many fields of medical education. Although role-playing is common in communication training, there are no reports about the use of student role-plays in the training of technical clinical skills. This article describes an educational intervention with analysis of pre- and post-intervention self-selected student survey evaluations. After one term of skills training, a thorough evaluation showed that the skills-lab training did not seem very realistic nor was it very demanding for trainees. To create a more realistic training situation and to enhance students' involvement, case studies and role-plays with defined roles for students (i.e. intern, senior consultant) were introduced into half of the sessions. Results of the evaluation in the second term showed that sessions with role-playing were rated significantly higher than sessions without role-playing.
authors: Department of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Heidelberg Medical Hospital, Germany. christoph_nikendei@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors: C
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authors: Nikendei
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Zeuch
authors: P
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authors: Dieckmann
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Roth
authors: S
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authors: Schäfer
authors: M
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authors: Völkl
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authors: Schellberg
authors: W
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authors: Herzog
authors: J
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authors: Jünger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012381:Role Playing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires