An Advanced Communication Skills Workshop Using Standardized Patients for Senior Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical students often lack training in advanced communication skills encompassing emotionally fraught situations and those in which an intense emotional response is expected. Such skills are required for clinical situations encountered during residency. We created and evaluated an advanced communication skills workshop (ACSW) using standardized patients for senior medical students. The workshop emphasized communication skills for four scenarios-strong emotion, goals of care, medical error, and palliative care assessment-and utilized formative peer assessment and feedback.

Methods

We created the four ACSW cases with case-specific communication behavior checklists and a common modified Master Interview Rating Scale in a Capstone Course for senior medical students

SUBMITTER: Talwalkar JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8155077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature