title: Teaching communication and listening skills to medical students using life review with older adults.
abstract: The University of South Carolina School of Medicine introduced a seminar in 2003 to teach communication and listening skills to third year medical students. The students learned a structured communication format called "L-I-S-T-E-N" which they utilized to conduct a life review with an adult over age 65. The faculty evaluated this educational experience using transcribed audiotapes of the life reviews, reflection papers written by the students, and interviews with students and mentors about the life review session. The life review experience increased students' understanding of how psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and life-changing events affect health and health behaviors.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA. mcfarlandkay@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rhoades
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eleazer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D008611:Mentors; D033262:Narration; D013022:South Carolina; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013637:Tape Recording; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*