ERIC Number: EJ1062980
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jul
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-4277
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Fostering Professional Communication Skills of Future Physicians and Teachers: Effects of E-Learning with Video Cases and Role-Play
Gartmeier, Martin; Bauer, Johannes; Fischer, Martin R.; Hoppe-Seyler, Tobias; Karsten, Gudrun; Kiessling, Claudia; Möller, Grit E.; Wiesbeck, Anne; Prenzel, Manfred
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, v43 n4 p443-462 Jul 2015
This study investigated the effectiveness of three different versions of a training programme on physician-patient and teacher-parent conversations for medical students and student teachers. The research questions concerned the differential effects of e-learning featuring contrastive video cases, role-play including video feedback and their combination. The training effects were tested to determine whether they were similar across both professional domains. In a randomised controlled trial (N = 168), three training conditions were prepared using a wait-list control group. The assessment of communication competence was based on videotaped communications between the participants and simulated patients/parents (i.e., trained actors). The results of planned contrast analyses corroborated the study expectations: first, a strong overall treatment effect was observed. Second, the combined condition was more effective than e-learning and role-play alone when controlling for prior knowledge and cognitive ability. Third, e-learning proved more effective than role-play. Exploring interaction effects indicated that student teachers benefited more from the training than medical students.
Descriptors: Physician Patient Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Medical Students, Student Teachers, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Role Playing, Teaching Methods, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Prior Learning, Cognitive Ability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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