Pediatric Interviewing Skills Taught by Nonphysicians

Feedback by simulated patients in undergraduate medical education: a systematic review of the literature

“…Only 13 studies provided information on training SPs in giving feedback to students 7,12,16,18,30,33–41 . Most of these papers provided limited information.…”

“…The total training time varied from 20 minutes in experienced SPs to 40 hours in newly recruited SPs 7,30 . Training of SPs in recording checklist items and giving feedback consisted of studying videotaped interviews and practice in delivering feedback with SP trainers 12,16,18,30,33–36 or live interview and feedback practice 12,16,18,33,36–38 . In one study SPs could practise giving feedback to one another 39 .…”

Early Intervention Training Related to Family Interviewing

“…An extensive body of literature related to the development and evaluation of methods for teaching communication skills can be found within the medical and psychological disciplines (Adler, Ware, &c E n d o w , 1970;Heifer, Black, & Heifer, 1975;Heifer & Hess, 1970;Higgins, Ivey, & Uhlemann, 1970;Ivey, Normington, Miller, Morrill, & Haase, 1968;Iwata, Wong, Riordan, Dorsey, &c Lau, 1982;Matarazzo, Phillips, Wiens, &c Saslow, 1965;Meadow & Hewitt, 1972;Stillman, Sabers, &C Redfield, 1977). A common feature of this literature is the emphasis on an interactive, experimental training approach in which the broad area of communication is broken down into component parts that are taught separately through a combination of modeling, practicing, and feedback.…”

Teaching Clinical Interviewing in the Health Professions

“…The proper role of adjunct instructors in teaching interview skills needs considerable clarification. There is some evidence that simulated patients who have been trained to provide videotape feedback tend to focus their comments on the interpersonal aspects of interviewing more than medical faculty do (Helfer et al, 1975), but comparative research is lacking on the student outcomes of instruction from various types or combinations of instructors. Preliminary research (Barnes et al, 1978;Flax and Garrard, 1974) suggests that student preceptors can be trained to serve an important role in teaching interview skills.…”