Teaching undergraduate medical students virtual consultation skills: a mixed-methods interventional before-and-after study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact and transferability of a novel teaching method on virtual communication skills for final year medical students.

Design

Mixed-methods, interventional before-and-after study.

Setting

NHS Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Participants

21 final year medical students on their obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) placement from September to December 2020.

Interventions

A two-part teaching session on virtual communication skills.

Main outcome measures

Self-reported confidence in conducting consultations preteaching and post-teaching, exposure to virtual consultations, usefulness of teaching and transferability to primary care. Data were collected using preteaching and post-teaching evaluation tools and an online survey.

Results

SUBMITTER: Booth E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207740 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature