TY - JOUR
T1 - Using standardized patients to educate medical students about organ donation
AU - Feeley, Thomas Hugh
AU - Anker, Ashley E.
AU - Soriano, Rainier
AU - Friedman, Erica
N1 - Funding Information:
Thomas Hugh Feeley, Ph.D. and Ashley E. Anker Ph.D. are from the Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, New York. Rainier Soriano, M.D. is from Geriatrics & Adult Development, Medicine, & Medical Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Erica Friedman, M.D. is from the Department of Medical Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. This project was supported by grant No. 1 R39OT05404 from Health Resources and Services Administration’s Division of Transplantation (HRSA/ DoT), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of HRSA/DoT. Thomas Feeley can be contacted at Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, 359 Baldy Hall, Amherst, NY 14260, [email protected]
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Medical students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine participated in an intervention designed to promote knowledge and improved communication skills related to cadaveric organ donation. The intervention required students to interact with a standardized patient for approximately 10 minutes and respond to questions posed about organ donation in a primary care context. A coding scheme for communication content was developed based upon students' accuracy and missed opportunities for educating patients. Data are presented for 2007 and 2008 first-year medical students (N=170) and results indicate several areas of students' missed opportunities for patient education including: (1) logistics of the state health care proxy, (2) timing of funeral arrangements, and (3) ability to choose organs for transplantation. The value of using standardized patients for communication training and health education/promotion is discussed.
AB - Medical students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine participated in an intervention designed to promote knowledge and improved communication skills related to cadaveric organ donation. The intervention required students to interact with a standardized patient for approximately 10 minutes and respond to questions posed about organ donation in a primary care context. A coding scheme for communication content was developed based upon students' accuracy and missed opportunities for educating patients. Data are presented for 2007 and 2008 first-year medical students (N=170) and results indicate several areas of students' missed opportunities for patient education including: (1) logistics of the state health care proxy, (2) timing of funeral arrangements, and (3) ability to choose organs for transplantation. The value of using standardized patients for communication training and health education/promotion is discussed.
KW - Medical Students
KW - Organ Donation
KW - Standardized Patients
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953942489&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03634521003628289
DO - 10.1080/03634521003628289
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953942489
SN - 0363-4523
VL - 59
SP - 249
EP - 262
JO - Communication Education
JF - Communication Education
IS - 3
ER -