Abstract
Purpose: To determine the preliminary benefits of a Women's Health Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) which integrates psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology principles into communication-focused doctor-patient paradigms. Method: The authors extracted medical student survey data from pre-and post-OSCE program evaluations (n = 193). Using McNemar's tests, the authors compared pre-and post-OSCE proportions of students reporting comfort levels with interactions involving terminally diagnosed patients, domestic violence, breast feeding, and other areas relevant to women's health. Results: The proportion of students reporting comfort with each communication domain increased between pre-and post-OSCE assessments. The greatest improvements were observed for discussions related to domestic violence (41% gain), terminal illness (37% gain) and postpartum depression/psychosis (23% gain). Ninety-four percent felt that this Women's Health OSCE was a valuable learning experience. Conclusion: The authors conclude that this Women's Health OSCE was a successful addition to the medical student clinical curriculum as measured by student satisfaction and self-reported improved comfort levels with challenging communication paradigms. Future studies will investigate the effect that this learning activity has on competency.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-149 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Communication training
- education
- psychosomatic gynecology
- women's health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Clinical Psychology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Reproductive Medicine