[Effect of 13 hours of medical interview training in undergraduate medical education].
The effect of a preparartory course in the medical interview ("taking history") followed by four months of practice was studied by comparison of a sample of trained students with a large group of untrained students, using the ACIRS rating scale. The course was 13 hours, spread out over one month. Training methods were 2 demonstrations and 3 videorecordings of interviews with simulated patients followed by feedback. Untrained students had severe gaps in important professional communication skills. About half of the trained students filled in these gaps as a result of the training. It is concluded that a short preparatory course followed by clinical experience is not enough to secure necessary interviewing skills in most medical students.
Aspegren
Knut
K
Københavns Universitet, Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, og H:S Rigshospitalet, afsnit 5404, Laboratorium for Kliniske Faerdigheder. knut.aspegren@post.tele.dk
Madsen
Peter Lønberg
PL
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008487:Medical History Taking; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors