Investigation of Communication between Medical Students and Old Patients_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

LI Jun ¹ ,  WU Hongmei ¹ , DONG Birong ¹ , YANG Ming ¹ , CAO Li ¹ , WANG Hui ¹ , ZHANG Xuemei ¹ , YAO Xun ²

1. Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;2. Department of Teaching Affairs, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;

Corresponding author：

WU Hongmei, Email: drwhm@163.com

Keywords：

Doctor-patient communication; Old patients

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20090009

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Objective 　To investigate and assess the current status of communication between medical students and old patients so as to improve the communication skills of medical students.
Methods 　A total of 90 medical students were surveyed by a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 13.0 software.
Results 　Medical students have recognized the importance of communication with patients, but they rarely had active communication behaviors. In addition, their knowledge of communication skills was utterly inadequate.
Conclusion 　 It is necessary to strengthen the training of communication skills among medical students.

Citation： LI Jun,WU Hongmei,DONG Birong,YANG Ming,CAO Li,WANG Hui,ZHANG Xuemei,YAO Xun. Investigation of Communication between Medical Students and Old Patients. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(1): 30-33. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090009 Copy

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1. Schwarz MR, Andrzej W. Global minimum essential requirements: a road towards competence-oriented medical education. Med Teach, 2002, 24(2): 125-129.
2. Schwarz MR. Globalization and medical education. Med Teach, 2001, 23(6): 533-534.
3. Marvel MK, Epstein RM, Flowers K, et al. Soliciting patient’s agenda: have we improved? JAMA, 1999, 281(3): 283-287.
4. Windish DM, Price EG, Clever SL, et al. Teaching medical students the important connection between communication and clinical reasoning. J Gen Intern Med, 2005, 20(12): 1108-1113.
5. Schwarz MR, Wojtczak A, Stern D. The outcomes of global minimum essential requirements (GMER) pilot implementation in China. Med Teach, 2007, 29(7): 699-705.
6. Lee M, Wilkerson L, Reuben DB, et al. Development and validation of a geriatric knowledge test for medical students. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2004, 52(6): 983-988.
7. Sanchez-Reilly SE, Wittenberg-Lyles EM, Villagran MM. Using a Pilot Curriculum in Geriatric Palliative Care to Improve Communication Skills Among Medical Students. Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 2007, 24(2): 131-136.

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