Assessing shared decision-making: a case study of third-year medical student standardized patient encounters.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to determine if shared decision-making (SDM) self-assessment of a standardized patient (SP) scenario was reliable, specifically whether students' communication resulted in each SP-student pair reporting internally consistent final treatment choices. We hypothesized student self-assessment would differ from SP and faculty assessment indicating a need for multisource feedback.

Methods

In this observational case study from 2016-2017, all third-year post-clerkship medical students received evidence-based treatment options for sinusitis and SDM lectures followed by a SP encounter on sinusitis. Students, faculty, and SPs then completed a 9-question assessment covering SDM skills, perceived empathy, and final treatment choice. Mean self-assessment was compared t

SUBMITTER: Induru V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700522 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature