Teaching patient communication skills to medical students; A case control study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Communication Skills Teaching
- Registration Number
- DRKS00013965
- Lead Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
All the final year students in one professorial group attached to Paediatric Professorial Unit of Colombo South Teaching Hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
Students who are absent for the appoinment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method OSCE and questionairs OSCE 1 - To identify the basic knowledge on communication skills on history taking according to the Calgory Cambridge method.<br><br>OSCE 2 - To identify the effect of the teaching method used; ie Lecture only vs Lecture with small group activity<br><br>Questionnaire - validated Patient Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) To assess the student perception before and after the teaching sessions.<br><br>At the begining and at the end of two weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method