Evaluation of a telemedicine-based training for final-year medical students including simulated patient consultations, documentation, and case presentation

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Background: Focused history taking, knowledge-based clinical reasoning, and adequate case presentation during hand-offs represent important facets of competence of practicing physicians. Based on a validated 360-degree assessment simulating a first day of residency we developed a training for final-year medical students including patient consultation, patient management, and patient hand-off. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the training was changed to a telemedicine format and evaluated. Methods: In 2019, 103 final-year students participated in a newly designed competence-based training including a consultation hour with simulated patients, a patient management phase with an electronic patient chart, and a case presentation in hand-off format. Due to social distancing regulations, the training was not allowed to take place in this way. Therefore, we changed the training to a telemedicine format. In May 2020, 32 students participated in the telemedicine training. A 5-point Likert scale (1: does not apply to 5: fully applies) was used for the evaluation items. The two formats were compared with t-tests. Results: The students were similarly satisfied with the content of the training independently of its format. Both groups found the patient cases interesting (presence: 4.68 ± 0.49, telemedicine: 4.66 ± 0.48). With respect to the telemedicine format, participants were glad that an option had been found that could be offered throughout the final year (4.94 ± 0.24) despite the COVID-19 pandemic and they regarded it as a very useful training for their final examination (4.94 ± 0.24). Conclusion: The telemedicine format of the competence-based training worked as well as the presence format. In its telemedicine format, the training can be offered to students independently of their location.

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CommentIn: GMS J Med Educ. 2021 Nov 15;38(7):Doc113. - PMID 34957318

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

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GMS journal for medical education - 37(2020), 7 vom: 19., Seite Doc94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harendza, Sigrid [VerfasserIn]
Gärtner, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Zelesniack, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Prediger, Sarah [VerfasserIn]

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Assessment
Communication
Competence
Consultation
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Simulation
Telemedicine
Training

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Date Completed 19.01.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

CommentIn: GMS J Med Educ. 2021 Nov 15;38(7):Doc113. - PMID 34957318

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3205/zma001387

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319286770