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Abstract
PURPOSE: To teach communication skills to medical students, a variety of instructional text and video materials are used. The purpose of this study was to investigate medical students' perception and satisfaction with medical communication teaching using electronic modules.Entities:
Keywords: Communication; Perception; Personal satisfaction; Students
Year: 2012 PMID: 25813129 PMCID: PMC8813350 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2012.24.3.197
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Fig. 1.Structure of Electronic Module Using MED
Fig. 2.Creating a Folder for Managing Instructional Resources in Each Module
Fig. 3.Invocation of Instructional Resources Registered in the Title and Subtitle of Each Module
Fig. 4.Schematic Representation of an Example Module on a Screen
Timeline of Questionnaire
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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| Survey for satisfaction with class and electrical modules | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
| Survey for practice interview and evaluation | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
| Survey for final course evaluation | √ |
Organization of Content of Medical Communication Subject
| Week | Subject matter | Teaching methods |
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| 1 | What is communication? | Lecture, video viewing and analysis |
| 2 | Non-verbal communication | Lecture, video viewing and analysis, role play |
| 3 | Understanding of health communication | Lecture, video viewing and analysis |
| 4 | Looking at himself/herself as communicators | Lecture, small group work and presentation, role play |
| 5 | Building the relationship/ empathy | Lecture, video viewing and analysis, role play |
| 6 | Initiating the interview | Lecture, video viewing and analysis, role play |
| 7 | Effective questioning/active listening | Lecture, video viewing and analysis, role play |
| 8 | Mid-term interview practice and evaluation | Practicing interviews with simulated patient and assessment |
| 9 | Explanation, shared decision-making and closing the interview | Lecture, video viewing and analysis, role play |
| 10 | Patient education and counseling | Lecture, video viewing |
| 11 | Clinical reasoning | Lecture, video viewing and analysis |
| 12 | Breaking bad news | Lecture, video viewing and analysis |
| 13 | Interviewing difficult patients | Lecture, video viewing |
| 14 | Final interview practice and evaluation | Practicing interviews with simulated patients and assessment |
| 15 | Final written exam | Final written exam, course evaluation |
Student Satisfaction with Class and Perception of Using Electronic Modules in Class
| Variable | Week 2 class (n=45) | Week 12 class (n=29) |
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| Students’ satisfaction | ||
| Understanding of instructional objectives | 4.2 (0.5) | 4.3 (0.6) |
| Student-centered teaching | 4.0 (0.7) | 4.1 (0.7) |
| Usefulness of instructional materials (PPT, video, etc.) | 4.4 (0.6) | 4.3 (0.6) |
| Increasing interests of medical communication | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.5 (0.9) |
| Total | 16.2 (2.0) | 16.2 (2.1) |
| Awareness of electronic modules used in class | 3.6 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.2) |
| Usefulness of electronic modules used in class | 3.1 (0.8) | 3.1 (0.9) |
| Correlation of class satisfaction and usefulness of electronic modules (correlation coefficient) | +0.361 | +0.408 |
Values are presented as mean (standard deviation).
Pearson correlation analysis p<0.05.
Satisfaction with Class according to the Level of Awareness of Usability of Electronic Modules
| Variable | Week 2 class | Week 12 class | ||||
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| High level (n=13) | Low level (n=31) | p-value | High level (n=7) | Low level (n=21) | p-value | |
| Understanding of instructional objectives | 4.3 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.6) | 0.69 | 4.3 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.6) | 0.93 |
| Student-centered teaching | 4.2 (0.6) | 3.9 (0.8) | 0.21 | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.7) | 0.46 |
| Usefulness of instructional materials (PPT, video, etc.) | 4.5 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.6) | 0.44 | 4.4 (0.5) | 4.3 (0.6) | 0.66 |
| Increasing the interests of medical communication | 4.2 (0.6) | 3.5 (0.9) | 0.01 | 4.1 (0.7) | 3.3 (0.8) | 0.02 |
| Total | 17.2 (1.5) | 16.0 (2.1) | 0.04 | 17.1 (2.1) | 15.9 (2.0) | 0.16 |
Values are presented as average (standard deviation).
Mann-Whitney test.
Perception of Medical Students on Health Communication Subject (n=44)
| Item | Very agreeable | Agreeable | Neutral | Disagreeable | Very disagreeable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necessity of medical communication subject in the curriculum of medical school | 5 (11.5) | 21 (47.7) | 14 (31.8) | 2 (4.5) | 2 (4.5) |
| Possibility of real-world experience of medical communication | 4 (9.1) | 31 (70.5) | 6 (13.6) | 2 (4.5) | 1 (2.3) |
| Usefulness for a social life of future health professionals | 6 (13.7) | 21 (47.7) | 14 (31.8) | 2 (4.5) | 1 (2.3) |
| Usefulness for development of individual interview skills | 5 (11.4) | 20 (45.5) | 18 (40.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.3) |
Values are presented as number (%).
Satisfaction of Medical Students with Each Content of Medical Communication Subject (n=44)
| Subject matter | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| What is communication? | 6.3 | 1.9 |
| Non-verbal communication | 6.6 | 1.8 |
| Understanding of health communication | 6.3 | 1.9 |
| Looking at himself/Herself as communicators | 6.2 | 2.0 |
| Empathy/Building the relationship | 7.1 | 1.8 |
| Initiating the interview | 7.2 | 1.8 |
| Effective questioning/Active listening | 7.1 | 1.9 |
| Explanation, shared decision making and closing the interview | 6.6 | 1.9 |
| Patient education and counseling | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| Clinical reasoning | 5.8 | 2.4 |
| Breaking bad news | 6.7 | 2.2 |
| Interviewing difficult patients | 6.3 | 2.4 |
| Interview practice and evaluation | 7.6 | 2.3 |
SD: Standard deviation.
Satisfaction and Perception of Medical Students of Practice Interview Using Simulated Patients and Evaluation (n=45)
| Item | Week 8 | Week 14 |
|---|---|---|
| Usefulness of understanding medical communication | 4.2 (0.7) | 3.8 (0.9) |
| Interest of subject of interview practice | 4.0 (0.7) | 3.6 (1.1) |
| Actual applicability of what you have learned in the lectures | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.7 (1.1) |
| Adequacy of interview time | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.7 (0.9) |
| Appropriateness of evaluation methods of performing interviews | 3.9 (0.5) | 3.6 (0.9) |
| Appropriateness of simulated patients’ performance | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.8 (0.9) |
| Appropriateness of number of simulated patients | 3.9 (0.7) | 3.7 (0.9) |
Values are presented as mean (standard deviation).
Applied Interview Skills in Interview Practice and Assessment Using Simulated Patients (n=45)
| Interview skills | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| Initiating the interview/Building the relationship | 11 | 24.4 |
| Effective questioning | 10 | 22.2 |
| Active listening | 10 | 22.2 |
| Empathy | 12 | 26.7 |
| Explanation/Patient education | 1 | 2.5 |
| Closing the interview | 5 | 11.1 |
Multiple answers are possible.
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| 환자확인 | 편안한 분위기 | 자기역할소개 | 대화목적 | 교통 | 적극적 경청 | ||
| 자리제공 | 눈맞춤 | 기다림 | 환자문제 수용 | ||||
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| 열린 질문: | 청자반응: | 발화지속 격려 | 되묻기: | 아픈 부위 | 어떤 질환이라고 생각하는가? | 과거 질환 | ||
| 어떻게 | ‘아’, ‘예’, ‘음’ 등 | ’그러니까… 라는 말씀이시지요?‘ | 특성정도 | 치료 경험 | ||||
| 오셨습니까?, | 시선접촉 | 환자발화 반복하기 | 시간 (시작, 경과, 기간) | 가족력 | ||||
| 무엇을 | 발화중단 회피 | 약물 부작용 | ||||||
| 도와드릴까요? | 발화유지 용인 | 환자발화 다른말로 바꾸어서 말해주기 | 악화 혹은 | 무엇이 원인이라고 생각하는가? | 사회관계 | |||
| 환자주제선택 용인 | 요약하기 | 완화 요인 | 직업 | |||||
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