title: [Pre-graduate training program in interviewing children in pediatric departments at the Rigshospitalet and Amager Hospital].
abstract: The study describes a training program in interviewing children at the Departments of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet and Amager Hospital, Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen and evaluates the training sessions. The students' self-assessment ratings were summarized and compared using Mann-Whitney U test. Most students rated their learning outcome in interviewing children high. In conclusion, training of medical students in interviewing skills in a clinical department of pediatrics is feasible, although time consuming.
authors.affiliation: Rigshospitalet, Bonkolab, Juliane Marie Centret, Paediatrisk Klinik II, København Ø. marianne.olsen@rh.dk
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Peter Lønberg
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Annebeth Rosenvinge
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Skov
authors.forename: Birgitte Dahl
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Gorm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greisen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003718:Denmark; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires