Teaching webside manner: development and initial evaluation of a video consultation skills training module for undergraduate medical students.
Med Educ Online
; 26(1): 1954492, 2021 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1327284
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Video consultations are increasingly used to communicate with patients, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, training in video consultation skills receives scant attention in the literature. We sought to introduce this important topic to our undergraduate medical school curriculum.OBJECTIVE:
To increase final year medical students' video consultation skills and knowledge.METHODS:
We used Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) quality improvement methodology with a pre-post study design to develop a teaching session for 5th year medical students, informed by a literature review and online clinician survey. The 2 hour session comprised an introduction and three practical stations patient selection and ethics, technology and example videos, and simulation. Subjective pre- and post-session confidence was reported by students across seven domains using 5-point scales (1 not at all confident; 5 extremely confident). Students and facilitators completed post-session feedback forms.RESULTS:
The 40 students and 3 facilitators who attended, over two separate teaching sessions, provided unanimously positive feedback. All students considered the session relevant. Subjective confidence ratings (n = 34) significantly increased from pre- to post-session (mean increase 1.78, p < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
The inaugural teaching session was well-received and subjective assessment measures showed improvement in taught skills. This pilot has informed a UK-wide multi-centre study with subjective and objective data collection.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Telemedicine
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Educ Online
Journal subject:
Education
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10872981.2021.1954492
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