Does the Consecutive Interpreting Approach enhance medical English communication skills of Japanese-speaking students?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if the Consecutive Interpreting Approach enhances medical English communication skills of students in a Japanese medical university and to assess this method based on performance and student evaluations.

Methods

 This is a three-phase study using a mixed-methods design, which starts with four language reproduction activities for 30 medical and 95 nursing students, followed by a quantitative analysis of perfect-match reproduction rates to assess changes over the duration of the study and qualitative error analysis of participants' language reproduction. The final stage included a scored course evaluation and free-form comments to evaluate this approach and to identify effective educational strategies to enhance medical English communication skills.

SUBMITTER: Iizuka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5969989 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature