The effect of videotaping students' interviews with patients for interview skill education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of communication between patients and physicians has been proven in many previous studies. The authors analyzed the effect of interview skill education through videotapes which recorded students' interviews with real patients in the outpatient department of family medicine.

Methods

This study was conducted with all students who chose the elective course of family medicine and one randomly selected student every week from an 'infectious internal medicine' class at Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital during the period from December 2008 to March 2011. All students performed a preliminary examination of a new patient at the outpatient department of family medicine. All consultations were videotaped. Feedback to the student was given on the same day by vi

SUBMITTER: Lee WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3611108 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature