"I'll never forget this": evaluating a pilot workshop in effective communication for dental students.
Journal article, 2012
This study evaluated a pilot workshop for teaching communication skills to dental students. The methodology is based on an experiential learning approach, the use of realistic clinical scenarios, simulated patients, and an integrated teaching team of both educational researchers and dentists. Furthermore, the methodology was adapted for short workshops, which is thought to offer better possibilities for frequent and effective training of communication skills throughout the curriculum. The work-shop was piloted with groups of six to ten students from the sixth and tenth semesters (n=94). Results show that the majority of students found the tasks meaningful and well aligned with how they perceived their future profession as dentists. Most students also thought that they learned from the task. An interesting finding is that students not only found it instructive to practice how to communicate in authentic situations, but that they generally found the workshop to be thought-provoking while at the same time providing structure and intellectual tools for the future. A possible explanation for this finding is the sharing of explicit criteria for high-quality communication.
Humans
Patient Simulation
Dental
Teaching
Learning
Clinical Competence
Self-Assessment
methods
Education
Dental
Curriculum
Dentist-Patient Relations
Communication
Students
Pilot Projects
Role Playing
Program Evaluation
Feedback
Author
Henriette Lucander
Kerstin Knutsson
Hanna Salé
Anders Jonsson
Journal of dental education
1930-7837 (ISSN)
Vol. 76 10 1311-6Subject Categories
Orthopedics
PubMed
23066129