Translating medical documents into plain language enhances communication skills in medical students--A pilot study
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Translating medical documents into plain language enhances communication skills in medical students--A pilot study. / Bittner, Anja; Jonietz, Ansgar; Bittner, Johannes; Beickert, Luise; Harendza, Sigrid.
in: PATIENT EDUC COUNS, Jahrgang 98, Nr. 9, 09.2015, S. 1137-41.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Translating medical documents into plain language enhances communication skills in medical students--A pilot study
AU - Bittner, Anja
AU - Jonietz, Ansgar
AU - Bittner, Johannes
AU - Beickert, Luise
AU - Harendza, Sigrid
N1 - Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To train and assess undergraduate medical students' written communication skills by exercises in translating medical reports into plain language for real patients.METHODS: 27 medical students participated in a newly developed communication course. They attended a 3-h seminar including a briefing on patient-centered communication and an introduction to working with the internet platform http://washabich.de. In the following ten weeks, participants "translated" one medical report every fortnight on this platform receiving feedback by a near-peer supervisor. A pre- and post-course assignment consisted of a self-assessment questionnaire on communication skills, analysis of a medical text with respect to medical jargon, and the translation of a medical report into plain language.RESULTS: In the self-assessment, students rated themselves in most aspects of patient-centered communication significantly higher after attending the course. After the course they marked significantly more medical jargon terms correctly than before (p<0.001). In a written plain language translation of a medical report they scored significantly higher with respect to communicative aspects (p<0.05) and medical correctness (p<0.001).CONCLUSION: Translating medical reports into plain language under near-peer supervision is associated with improved communication skills and medical knowledge in undergraduate medical students.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: To include translation exercises in the undergraduate medical curriculum.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To train and assess undergraduate medical students' written communication skills by exercises in translating medical reports into plain language for real patients.METHODS: 27 medical students participated in a newly developed communication course. They attended a 3-h seminar including a briefing on patient-centered communication and an introduction to working with the internet platform http://washabich.de. In the following ten weeks, participants "translated" one medical report every fortnight on this platform receiving feedback by a near-peer supervisor. A pre- and post-course assignment consisted of a self-assessment questionnaire on communication skills, analysis of a medical text with respect to medical jargon, and the translation of a medical report into plain language.RESULTS: In the self-assessment, students rated themselves in most aspects of patient-centered communication significantly higher after attending the course. After the course they marked significantly more medical jargon terms correctly than before (p<0.001). In a written plain language translation of a medical report they scored significantly higher with respect to communicative aspects (p<0.05) and medical correctness (p<0.001).CONCLUSION: Translating medical reports into plain language under near-peer supervision is associated with improved communication skills and medical knowledge in undergraduate medical students.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: To include translation exercises in the undergraduate medical curriculum.
U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.024
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 26095344
VL - 98
SP - 1137
EP - 1141
JO - PATIENT EDUC COUNS
JF - PATIENT EDUC COUNS
SN - 0738-3991
IS - 9
ER -