Assessment of Clinical Communication Skills of Medical Students Through the Simulated Patient Approach

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Chavda Nilesh; Solanky Priti; Dhanani Jatin V.; Shah Aashal; Patel Nirav; Bhadiyadara Sunilkumar

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Journal: Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands Year:2020 | Volume:19 | Issue:3 Page(s): 0-0

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Assessment of Clinical Communication Skills of Medical Students Through the Simulated Patient Approach

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Communication Skills

Simulated Patients

Calagary Cambridge Communication Skills Guide

Kalamazoo Scale Adapted Version

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Background: Good communication skill is as crucial for the medical practitioner as medical knowledge for better patient outcome. Incorporating Simulated Patients for teaching Communication Skills and assessment can be beneficial for the learners as it gives them learning opportunities under a controlled environment. Objectives: 1. To assess the improvement in Communication Skills with the use of Simulated Patients after Communication Skills training. 2. To obtain feedback from Simulated Patients about patient satisfaction. 3. To obtain feedback from students and faculties about Communication Skills training intervention and Simulated Patients for assessment. Methods: After a thorough introduction and explanation of the study, out of total of 139 students from the fifth-semester bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS), 44 students gave the willingness to participate. Students were divided into two groups of 22 students; one group acted as doctors, and the other group acted as a standardized patient group. Each simulated patient was randomly assigned to one doctor to make a pair; thus, 22 random pairs of doctor and patients were formed. Before and after giving Communication Skills training, each doctor-patient pair’ s consultation was analyzed for clinical Communication Skills using the Kalamazoo Scale Adapted Version by trained observers. After each consultation, each patient was given a patient satisfaction questionnaire to fill. Results: In this study, students were improved significantly in each competency of the Kalamazoo scale after Communication Skills training. Before giving this training, the total mean Communication Skills score of students was 49. 86 (SD=10. 73), and after training, it significantly improved to 75. 45 (SD=15. 78) (P< 0. 05). Before the training, themeanpatient’ s satisfaction score was 48. 95 (SD=12. 18), which significantly improved after training to 60. 36 (SD=3. 99) (P < 0. 05). Students as well as observers, found the Kalamazoo scale very useful for Communication Skills training and assessment. In feedback, they mentioned that the simulated patient approach for the assessment of Communication Skills was useful. Conclusions: This study showed that the clinical Communication Skills training with a structured scale was helpful for medical students. Students were found interested in learning such new skills; thus, clinical Communication Skills training should be an integral part of medical education. Simulated Patients were found useful and can be used for the assessment of other clinical skills in medical education.

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Minimum standards and development perspectives for the use of simulated patients-a position paper of the committee for simulated patients of the German Association for Medical Education

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Chavda, Nilesh, Solanky, Priti, Dhanani, Jatin V., Shah, Aashal, Patel, Nirav, & Bhadiyadara, Sunilkumar. (2020). Assessment of Clinical Communication Skills of Medical Students Through the Simulated Patient Approach. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, 19(3), 0-0. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/770196/en

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Chavda Nilesh, Solanky Priti, Dhanani Jatin V., Shah Aashal, Patel Nirav, Bhadiyadara Sunilkumar. Assessment of Clinical Communication Skills of Medical Students Through the Simulated Patient Approach. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION[Internet]. 2020;19(3):0-0. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/770196/en

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Nilesh Chavda, Priti Solanky, Jatin V. Dhanani, Aashal Shah, Nirav Patel, and Sunilkumar Bhadiyadara, “Assessment of Clinical Communication Skills of Medical Students Through the Simulated Patient Approach,” JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 0–0, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/770196/en

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