Effectiveness of a New Clinical and Communication Curriculum for Medical Students: Result of a Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Educational Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To improve 4 skills (communication, history-taking, past history-taking, and documentation) in medical students, we designed and pilot-tested a curriculum to teach a sample of Year 4 (Y4) students these skills and compared the clinical performance of these students with students not receiving the intervention.

Methods

The study focused on the new curriculum's effectiveness in enhancing students' performance of these skills. To minimize exposure across groups, participants were divided into intervention and control groups at random and placed in various classrooms. We evaluated each group's clinical competency 3 times: prior to the intervention, 9 weeks afterward, and 2 years later.

Results

There was no difference at baseline between the 2 groups. Immediatel

SUBMITTER: Nguyen SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176548 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature