The Consultation Observed Simulated Clinical Experience: Training, Assessment, and Feedback for Incoming Interns on Requesting Consultations.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Formal education in requesting consultations is inconsistent in medical education. To address this gap, the authors developed the Consultation Observed Simulated Clinical Experience (COSCE), a simulation-based curriculum for interns using Kessler and colleagues' 5Cs of Consultation model to teach and assess consultation communication skills.

Approach

In June 2016, 127 interns entering 12 University of Chicago Medicine residency programs participated in the COSCE pilot. The COSCE featured an online training module on the 5Cs and an in-person simulated consultation. Using specialty-specific patient cases, interns requested telephone consultations from faculty, who evaluated their performance using validated checklists. Interns were surveyed on their preparedness to req

SUBMITTER: Martin SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6265083 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature