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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 12/2007

01-12-2007 | Original Article

Teaching the Medical Interview: Methods and Key Learning Issues in a Faculty Development Course

Authors: David S. Hatem, MD, Susan V. Barrett, MS, Mariana Hewson, PhD, David Steele, PhD, Urip Purwono, Drs, MS, MSc, Robert Smith, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 12/2007

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To describe the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare’s (AACH) Faculty Development Course on Teaching the Medical Interview and report a single year’s outcomes.

DESIGN

We delivered a Faculty Development course on Teaching the Medical Interview whose theme was relationship-centered care to a national and international audience in 1999. Participants completed a retrospective pre-post assessment of their perceived confidence in performing interview, clinical, teaching, and self-awareness skills.

PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING

A total of 79 participants in the 17th annual AACH national faculty development course at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in June 1999.

INTERVENTION

A 5-day course utilized the principles of learner-centered learning to teach a national and international cohort of medical school faculty about teaching the medical interview.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS

The course fostered individualized, self-directed learning for participants, under the guidance of AACH faculty. Teaching methods included a plenary session, small groups, workshops, and project groups all designed to aid in the achievement of individual learning goals. Course outcomes of retrospective self-assessed confidence in interview, clinical, teaching, self-awareness, and control variables were measured using a 7-point Likert scale. Participants reported improved confidence in interview, clinical, teaching, and self-awareness variables. After controlling for desirability bias as measured by control variables, only teaching and self-awareness mean change scores were statistically significant (p < .001).

CONCLUSIONS

The AACH Faculty Development course on Teaching the Medical Interview utilized learner-centered teaching methods important to insure learning with experienced course participants. Perceived teaching and self-awareness skills changed the most when compared to other skills.
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Metadata
Title
Teaching the Medical Interview: Methods and Key Learning Issues in a Faculty Development Course
Authors
David S. Hatem, MD
Susan V. Barrett, MS
Mariana Hewson, PhD
David Steele, PhD
Urip Purwono, Drs, MS, MSc
Robert Smith, MD
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0408-9

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