Medical students in their first consultation: A comparison between a simulated face-to-face and telehealth consultation to train medical consultation skills.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A simulated conversation between a physician and a family member, i.e., a medical conversation, was changed from a conventional face-to-face conversation (SS 2019) to a telehealth conversation (SS 2020) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical education conversation is part of the biochemistry seminar "From Genes to Proteins" which second semester human medicine students take. The objective of this study was to analyze to what extent the switch from face-to-face to telehealth conversations affected student satisfaction and motivation.

Methodology

In the seminar, students study biochemical as well as competency-oriented content, such as how to talk to family members. In the summer semester of 2019, students were trained how to talk to their patients' family members

SUBMITTER: Dahmen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594035 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature