Diverse Integration of Simulated Patients in Medical Education for Communication, Language, and Clinical Skills in Hungary
Kata Eklics, Alexandra Csongor, Anikó Hambuch, Judit Diana Fekete Department of Languages for Biomedical Purposes and Communication, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryCorrespondence: Kata Eklics, University of Pécs, 12 Szigeti út, Pécs, 7624, Hungary, Tel +36 72 536 296, Email kata.ek...
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| description | Kata Eklics, Alexandra Csongor, Anikó Hambuch, Judit Diana Fekete Department of Languages for Biomedical Purposes and Communication, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryCorrespondence: Kata Eklics, University of Pécs, 12 Szigeti út, Pécs, 7624, Hungary, Tel +36 72 536 296, Email kata.eklics@aok.pte.huAbstract: Medical education and communication training has been undergoing substantial changes recently in our globalized environment. Multidisciplinary simulation-based methods worldwide focus on improving effective clinical skills including history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills, critical thinking, therapeutic skills, and others via interactions between medical students, trainees, and patients. Recently, Hungary has joined such global trends. The first simulated patient program in Hungary was developed at the University of Pécs Medical School in 2019 to aid effective patient-interviewing skills in language and communication classes. Under the supervision of linguists, communication specialists and medical professionals, the multidisciplinary program uses lay people to perform as simulated patients while using the languages of Hungarian, German, and English. Our simulated patient program plays a specific role in supporting students to learn languages for medical purposes, aiming to prepare them for handling the medical, linguistic, at the same, time emotional and sociocultural difficulties encountered while taking patient histories. Medical and linguistic experts evaluate student performance, provide feedback, and give tailored instruction so that students can advance their communicative and professional skills. This study discusses working formats and the role of constructive feedback exploring potential advantages and disadvantages, sharing ideas, and proposing recommendations on language- and communication-based integration of simulated patients. In our elective communication courses, undergraduate medical students learn to cope with a variety of patient situations through practicing medical emergencies, misunderstandings, and disagreements in a safe atmosphere provided by the MediSkillsLab. Among the benefits, we should emphasize that any course with a growing number of students can be accommodated by carefully designing the program, which allows for interprofessional collaboration. This program contributes to higher-quality medical education, promoting more skilled and compassionate healthcare specialists.Keywords: simulation, interprofessional medical communication, feedback, clinical skills |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d18f95d18c824dcdaf841ad16157c0602024-04-11T18:05:51ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582024-04-01Volume 1530131291851Diverse Integration of Simulated Patients in Medical Education for Communication, Language, and Clinical Skills in HungaryEklics KCsongor AHambuch AFekete JDKata Eklics, Alexandra Csongor, Anikó Hambuch, Judit Diana Fekete Department of Languages for Biomedical Purposes and Communication, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryCorrespondence: Kata Eklics, University of Pécs, 12 Szigeti út, Pécs, 7624, Hungary, Tel +36 72 536 296, Email kata.eklics@aok.pte.huAbstract: Medical education and communication training has been undergoing substantial changes recently in our globalized environment. Multidisciplinary simulation-based methods worldwide focus on improving effective clinical skills including history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills, critical thinking, therapeutic skills, and others via interactions between medical students, trainees, and patients. Recently, Hungary has joined such global trends. The first simulated patient program in Hungary was developed at the University of Pécs Medical School in 2019 to aid effective patient-interviewing skills in language and communication classes. Under the supervision of linguists, communication specialists and medical professionals, the multidisciplinary program uses lay people to perform as simulated patients while using the languages of Hungarian, German, and English. Our simulated patient program plays a specific role in supporting students to learn languages for medical purposes, aiming to prepare them for handling the medical, linguistic, at the same, time emotional and sociocultural difficulties encountered while taking patient histories. Medical and linguistic experts evaluate student performance, provide feedback, and give tailored instruction so that students can advance their communicative and professional skills. This study discusses working formats and the role of constructive feedback exploring potential advantages and disadvantages, sharing ideas, and proposing recommendations on language- and communication-based integration of simulated patients. In our elective communication courses, undergraduate medical students learn to cope with a variety of patient situations through practicing medical emergencies, misunderstandings, and disagreements in a safe atmosphere provided by the MediSkillsLab. Among the benefits, we should emphasize that any course with a growing number of students can be accommodated by carefully designing the program, which allows for interprofessional collaboration. This program contributes to higher-quality medical education, promoting more skilled and compassionate healthcare specialists.Keywords: simulation, interprofessional medical communication, feedback, clinical skillshttps://www.dovepress.com/diverse-integration-of-simulated-patients-in-medical-education-for-com-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEPsimulationinterprofessional medical communicationfeedbackclinical skills |
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| title | Diverse Integration of Simulated Patients in Medical Education for Communication, Language, and Clinical Skills in Hungary |
| title_full | Diverse Integration of Simulated Patients in Medical Education for Communication, Language, and Clinical Skills in Hungary |
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| title_short | Diverse Integration of Simulated Patients in Medical Education for Communication, Language, and Clinical Skills in Hungary |
| title_sort | diverse integration of simulated patients in medical education for communication language and clinical skills in hungary |
| topic | simulation interprofessional medical communication feedback clinical skills |
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