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Improving the provision of clinical skills teaching for undergraduate medical students during their psychiatry placement: a trainee-led quality improvement project

Objective: To increase the provision of clinical skills training during their psychiatry placement by providing a new teaching course to enhance both their clinical knowledge and communication skills. Method: We… Click to show full abstract

Objective: To increase the provision of clinical skills training during their psychiatry placement by providing a new teaching course to enhance both their clinical knowledge and communication skills. Method: We delivered a pilot teaching course consisting of five workshops (incorporating facilitated, ‘near peer’ role-play) during the students’ psychiatry placement. Qualitative and quantitative feedback was collected pre- and post-course to allow for development of the course. Results: Data collected indicated that all students found the course a valuable addition to their usual teaching. They indicated that their confidence in their ability to assess patients with common clinical problems improved. Conclusions: This trainee-led course was easily integrated into the curriculum and received positive feedback from students. It may have enhanced students’ confidence and readiness for exams but this will require further examination of objective assessments and ongoing research to establish this.

Keywords: provision clinical; clinical skills; students psychiatry; trainee led; course; psychiatry placement

Journal Title: Australasian Psychiatry
Year Published: 2019

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