Developing standardized patient-based cases for communication training: lessons learned from training residents to communicate diagnostic uncertainty.

ABSTRACT: Health professions education has benefitted from standardized patient (SP) programs to develop and refine communication and interpersonal skills in trainees. Effective case design is essential to ensure an SP encounter successfully meets learning objectives that are focused on communication skills. Creative, well-designed case scenarios offer learners the opportunity to engage in complex patient encounters, while challenging them to address the personal and emotional contexts in which their patients are situated. Therefore, prior to considering the practical execution of the patient encounter, educators will first need a clear and structured strategy for writing, organizing, and developing cases. The authors reflect on lessons learned in developing standardized patient-based cases to train

SUBMITTER: Papanagnou D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature