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This study aimed to evaluate whether a blended learning course improves medical students' communication skills compared to a face-to-face only lecture.Methods
After completing a face-to-face lecture on communication skills, 2nd year medical students were gender-matched and randomized to either an intervention receiving an interactive video-based online learning module covering the content of the previous lecture and including a knowledge assessment or a control group only receiving a knowledge assessment. The primary endpoint was students' knowledge about communication techniques assessed by a predefined score from 0 to 100. Secondary outcomes included students' feedback and satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 5. Additionally, qualitative analysis of free-text resp"],"journal":["BMC medical education"],"pubmed_title":["Effectiveness of blended learning to improve medical students' communication skills: a randomized, controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC11907784"],"funding_grant_id":["192850","182422"],"pubmed_authors":["Gross S","Bissmann B","Wunderlich K","Wilde M","Hunziker S","Gossi F","Arpagaus A","Becker C","Zumbrunn SK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effectiveness of blended learning to improve medical students' communication skills: a randomized, controlled trial.","description":"Background
This study aimed to evaluate whether a blended learning course improves medical students' communication skills compared to a face-to-face only lecture.Methods
After completing a face-to-face lecture on communication skills, 2nd year medical students were gender-matched and randomized to either an intervention receiving an interactive video-based online learning module covering the content of the previous lecture and including a knowledge assessment or a control group only receiving a knowledge assessment. The primary endpoint was students' knowledge about communication techniques assessed by a predefined score from 0 to 100. Secondary outcomes included students' feedback and satisfaction on a scale from 0 to 5. Additionally, qualitative analysis of free-text resp","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T05:50:51.012Z","creation":"2025-04-06T11:38:45.492Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11907784","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40087576"],"doi":["10.1186/s12909-025-06938-w"]}}