TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of a first-year clinical preceptorship on the data collection and communication skills of second-year medical students
AU - Filipetto, Frank A.
AU - Weiss, Lucia Beck
AU - Switala, Claudia A.
AU - Bertagnolli, John F.
PY - 2006/3/1
Y1 - 2006/3/1
N2 - Background: Evidence suggests that effective physician communication strongly correlates with patient satisfaction and treatment outcome. Unfortunately, teaching these skills has been challenging because of 2 major barriers: (a) medical students are often too preoccupied with the technical and scientific aspects of their curriculum, and (b) it is difficult to expand curricular time. Description: To overcome these barriers, an educational intervention that has not required additional classroom time was implemented. This first-year preceptorship focused on improving data gathering and interpersonal/communication skills. Evaluation: Analysis of the data for the 2 test groups revealed that interpersonal and communication skills were modestly higher in the preceptorship group. There was no significant difference in data collection in each of the two groups. Conclusions: Combining formal communication skills instruction with an early clinical experience may prove to be the most effective approach to improving interpersonal, communication, and data gathering skills.
AB - Background: Evidence suggests that effective physician communication strongly correlates with patient satisfaction and treatment outcome. Unfortunately, teaching these skills has been challenging because of 2 major barriers: (a) medical students are often too preoccupied with the technical and scientific aspects of their curriculum, and (b) it is difficult to expand curricular time. Description: To overcome these barriers, an educational intervention that has not required additional classroom time was implemented. This first-year preceptorship focused on improving data gathering and interpersonal/communication skills. Evaluation: Analysis of the data for the 2 test groups revealed that interpersonal and communication skills were modestly higher in the preceptorship group. There was no significant difference in data collection in each of the two groups. Conclusions: Combining formal communication skills instruction with an early clinical experience may prove to be the most effective approach to improving interpersonal, communication, and data gathering skills.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15328015tlm1802_8
DO - 10.1207/s15328015tlm1802_8
M3 - Article
C2 - 16626272
AN - SCOPUS:33646551513
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 18
SP - 137
EP - 141
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 2
ER -