Evaluation of a murder mystery activity to teach patient communication interviewing skills

Exploring the Impact of a Vicarious Learning Approach on Student Pharmacists’ Professional Identity Formation Using a Simulated Pharmacist–Patient Encounter

“…There are myriad approaches to employing simulations in provider-patient communication, with studies demonstrating reasonable success with a variety of methods [41,44,45,50,51]. As some role-play methodologies can prove labor-intensive and expensive, for example, by employing paid SPs and/or requiring numerous faculty evaluators [42,52], a recent commentary on simulations argued that "educators should aim to just do enough in terms of prioritizing resource needs to ensure effective learning takes place but in such a way that resources are used appropriately." [53].…”