The effectiveness of integrating making every contact count into an undergraduate medical curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating Making Every Contact Count (MECC) using Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) into an undergraduate medical curriculum and test the performance of an associated assessment.

Methods

Concepts were introduced to second year students through lectures, small group seminars, role-plays and a new Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).station. Students' feedback was gathered and their examination performance was analysed.

Results

MECC/HCS was integrated into the undergraduate medical curriculum at Leicester Medical School. Teaching had a positive impact on the students' self-reported confidence in carrying out MECC (7/10 to 9/10, p > 0.001) and in their self-reported likelihood of doing so (7

SUBMITTER: Fletcher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature