A simulation-based module in pharmacology education reveals and addresses medical students' deficits in leading prescription talks.

ABSTRACT: Although doctor-patient communication is essential for drug prescription, the literature reveals deficits in this area. An educational approach at the Cologne medical faculty aims at identifying and addressing those deficits in medical students.Fifth-year medical students first conducted a simulated prescription talk spontaneously. Subsequently, the conversation was discussed with peer students. A pharmacist moderated the discussion based upon a previously developed conversation guide. Afterwards, the same student had the conversation again, but as if for the first time. Conversations were video-recorded, transcribed and subjected to quantitative content analysis. Four days after the simulation, the students who conducted the talk, those who observed and discussed it, and students who did

SUBMITTER: Kirsch V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514349 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature