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标题：The impact of trained patient educators on musculoskeletal clinical skills attainment in pre-clerkship medical students
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作者：Anna E Oswald ; Mary J Bell ; Jeffrey Wiseman 等
期刊名称：BMC Medical Education
印刷版ISSN：1472-6920
出版年度：2011
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1186/1472-6920-11-65
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Despite the high burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) diseases, few generalists are comfortable teaching MSK physical examination (PE) skills. Patient Partners® in Arthritis (PP®IA) is a standardized patient educator program that could potentially supplement current MSK PE teaching. This study aims to determine if differences exist in MSK PE skills between non-MSK specialist physician and PP®IA taught students. Pre-clerkship medical students attended 2-hour small group MSK PE teaching by either non-MSK specialist physician tutors or by PP®IA. All students underwent an MSK OSCE and completed retrospective pre-post questionnaires regarding comfort with MSK PE and interest in MSK. 83 students completed the OSCE (42 PP®IA, 41 physician taught) and 82 completed the questionnaire (42 PP®IA, 40 physician taught). There were no significant differences between groups in OSCE scores. For all questionnaire items, post-session ratings were significantly higher than pre-session ratings for both groups. In exploratory analysis PP®IA students showed significantly greater improvement in 12 of 22 questions including three of five patient-centred learning questions. PP®IA MSK PE teaching is as good as non-MSK specialist physician tutor teaching when measured by a five station OSCE and provide an excellent complementary resource to address current deficits in MSK PE teaching.
关键词：Patient Educator;Teaching Session;Interpersonal Skill;Hospital Site;Small Group Session