Investigating the effects of interprofessional communication education for medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Interprofessional communication skills are an essential competency for medical students training to be physicians. Nevertheless, interprofessional education (IPE) is relatively rare in Korean medical schools compared with those overseas. We attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of the first IPE program in our school.

Methods

In the first semester of the school year 2018, third-grade medical students (N=149) at the Seoul National University College of Medicine participated in 'communication between healthcare professionals in the clinical field' training, which consisted of small group discussions and role-play. To evaluate the effectiveness of this training, we conducted pre- and post-training questionnaire surveys. Comparing paired t-tests, we evaluated the studen

SUBMITTER: Kim SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6589613 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature