Effectiveness of blended learning to improve medical students' communication skills: a randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to evaluate whether a blended learning course improves medical students' communication skills compared to a face-to-face only lecture.

Methods

After completing a face-to-face lecture on communication skills, 2nd year medical students were gender-matched and randomized to either an intervention receiving an interactive video-based online learning module covering the content of the previous lecture and including a knowledge assessment or a control group only receiving a knowledge assessment. The primary endpoint was students' knowledge about communication techniques assessed by a predefined score from 0 to 100. Secondary outcomes included students' feedback and satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 5. Additionally, qualitative analysis of free-text resp

SUBMITTER: Gross S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907784 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature