title: [Assessment of communication skills with an OSCE among first year medical students].
abstract: In order to determine if first year medical students of a Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology course have adopted basic physician patient communication skills, we developed an appropriate Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The parcours took place in a pretest condition (n=182) and in the following semester under test condition, now relevant for passing the course (n=181). Reliability of the OSCE reached a medium degree (α=0.55/0.50). Results of written examinations and OSCE scores were weakly correlated. The correlation between task competence and patient-centeredness was higher in the pretest than under test condition. Female students mostly achieved higher scores than male students. Nearly all of the students (92%/97%) were in favor of continuing this examination. Physician-patient communication is a process of high complexity, but it can be tested by OSCE. Relevance for passing the course seems to enhance the learning behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Schwerpunkt Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie. fischbec@uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischbeck
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauch
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leschnik
authors.forename: Manfred E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Beutel
authors.forename: Wilfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Laubach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011594:Psychometrics; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult