Effectiveness of Scenario-based Roleplay as a Method of Teaching Soft Skills for Undergraduate Medical Students.
| Autor: | Lavanya KM; Health Professions Education, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Puducherry, India.; Department of Community Medicine, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India., Somu LK; Department of Pharmacology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India., Mishra SK; Department of Community Medicine, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of applied & basic medical research [Int J Appl Basic Med Res] 2024 Apr-Jun; Vol. 14 (2), pp. 78-84. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 24. |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_431_23 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Despite the widespread acknowledgment of the need and significance of soft skills (SKs) in health professions education, the subject is not emphasized enough in training students. These skills can be taught to undergraduates through roleplay. Communication skills and teamwork were taught by scenario-based roleplay and assessed in this study. Objectives: The study aimed to implement scenario-based roleplay as a method of teaching communication skills and teamwork to undergraduate medical students and to assess their perceptions. Methodology: A prospective study was conducted in the simulation/skills laboratory among 41 Phase I undergraduate medical students. The SKs taught during the sessions included communication skills, empathy, and teamwork. Results: The mean of the responses obtained from Gap Kalamazoo Communication Skills Checklist score in the first encounter was 27.0, 38.12 in the second encounter, and 41.24 in the third encounter. The mean scores showed a statistically significant difference between E1 and E2, E1 and E3, and E2 and E3. Posttest scores of students to self-efficacy questionnaire showed significant improvement compared to pre-test scores. Students in the present study opined that they could learn the aspects that could not have been learned in didactic lectures about communication skills and teamwork. Conclusion: Scenario-based roleplay can be used as an effective method for teaching SKs such as communication skills and teamwork for undergraduate medical students. Different scenarios which replicate the real-life situations can be incorporated to help students to learn and face the real-life encounters. Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest. (Copyright: © 2024 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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