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Titre :
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Translating medical documents into plain language enhances communication skills in medical students – A pilot study (2015)
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Auteurs :
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BITTNER A.
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Type de document :
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Article : texte imprimé
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Dans :
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Patient Education and Counseling (Vol. 98 n° 9, Septembre 2015)
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Article en page(s) :
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pp.1137–1141
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Note générale :
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biblio.
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Catégories :
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COMPETENCE
COMMUNICATION
ETUDIANT
MEDECINE
PATIENT
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Mots-clés:
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COMPETENCE
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COMMUNICATION
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ETUDIANT
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MEDECINE
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PATIENT
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Résumé :
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ObjectiveTo train and assess undergraduate medical students’ written communication skills by exercises in translating medical reports into plain language for real patients.Methods27 medical students participated in a newly developed communication course. They attended a 3-h seminar including a briefing on patient-centered communication and an introduction to working with the internet platform http://washabich.de. In the following ten weeks, participants “translated” one medical report every fortnight on this platform receiving feedback by a near-peer supervisor. A pre- and post-course assignment consisted of a self-assessment questionnaire on communication skills, analysis of a medical text with respect to medical jargon, and the translation of a medical report into plain language.ResultsIn the self-assessment, students rated themselves in most aspects of patient-centered communication significantly higher after attending the course. After the course they marked significantly more medical jargon terms correctly than before (p
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Note de contenu :
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SCIENTIFIQUE
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