In:
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Vol. 8, No. 3 ( 2016-07-01), p. 422-425
Abstract:
Effective adolescent (10 to 19 years) interviewing by physicians is an essential skill that many trainees can find challenging.Background We assessed whether structured adolescent interviewing using standardized patients (SPs) and feedback in undergraduate medical education (UME) has a sustained effect on residents' skills.Objective Postgraduate year (PGY) 1 residents conducted interviews with a SP adolescent–mother pair. The SPs independently scored each PGY-1 interview using the structured communication adolescent guide (SCAG). Unpaired t tests were conducted comparing “Total-Item” and “Global” scores of PGY-1s who received structured SP adolescent interviewing with feedback in UME (“structured training” group) to those who had not (“no structured training” group).Methods PGY-1s in the structured training group (n = 23) received significantly higher mean Total-Item scores from both the SP adolescent (40.78 ± 7.04 and 32.41 ± 10.12, respectively; P = .001) and the SP mother (40.48 ± 7.90 and 33.34 ± 10.90, respectively; P = .01) than those without structured training (n = 29). Statistically significant results favoring PGY-1s with prior training were also seen with the SP adolescent and mother total Global SCAG scores.Results Structured training in adolescent interviewing with SPs and feedback in UME appears to have a sustained effect on residents' adolescent interviewing skills. PGY-1s will interview adolescents and may benefit from structured adolescent SP interviewing with feedback, especially individuals who did not have this experience during their medical school training.Conclusions
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1949-8357
,
1949-8349
DOI:
10.4300/JGME-D-15-00297.1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Journal of Graduate Medical Education
Publication Date:
2016
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2578612-X
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