Journal article
Teaching with Simulated Patients: Evaluation of the Long-Term Effectiveness of Instruction
Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.8(1), pp.69-81
03/1985
DOI: 10.1177/016327878500800106
Abstract
Previous reports have detailed the efficacy of simulated patients as instructors, giving immediatefeedback on genital/ rectal examination techniques. This prospective study compares the long-term retention of technical and interpersonal skills learnedfrom simulated patients versus traditional methods. The members of a sophomore medical school class were randomly assigned to one of two instructionalprograms during their Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. A random sample from each group was evaluated shortly afterwards. Significant differences were found for 22 of 27 items rates. A similar evaluation was repeated when the students became seniors. The two groups were still different in 13 areas. The results demonstrate the superiority ofsimulated patient training for long-term retention of instructional material. Even 18 months of intervening clinical exposure could not compensatefor initial differences.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Teaching with Simulated Patients: Evaluation of the Long-Term Effectiveness of Instruction
- Creators
- Walter L. GerberMark AlbaneseDon BrownSandra Matthes - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Evaluation & the health professions, Vol.8(1), pp.69-81
- DOI
- 10.1177/016327878500800106
- ISSN
- 0163-2787
- eISSN
- 1552-3918
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1985
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984360051802771
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