Evaluation of the Interview Skills at the Opening of the Medical Interviewing.
- VernacularTitle:医療面接の開始時における傾聴技能の評価
- Author:
Hiroki SASAKI
;
Tsukasa TSUDA
;
Nobutaro BAN
;
Ryuki KASSAI
;
Noriaki OCHI
;
Akira MATSUSHITA
;
Takafumi MORI
;
Hiroyuki OGASAWARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical interview;
undergraduate education;
videotape;
outpatient clinic training
- From:Medical Education
1996;27(3):167-170
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We evaluated the interview skills of 46 sixth year medical students (32 men, 14 women) in our outpatient clinic. Six items were evaluated, including the manner in which students responded to patients, the number of times students interrupted patients' statements with closed-ended questions, and the extent to which students maintained eye contact with patients. We found that students interrupted patients every 46.2 seconds on average, and often did not make eye contact with tha patients. It became clear that, although we teach medical interview skills to students, students do not learn these skills very well. We suggest that in order to properly educate medical students, close cooperation between departments is needed.