Evaluation of Medical internship students' communication skills about breaking bad news
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Medical Education; Communication; Physician-Patient Relations; Clinical competence.Abstract
This study aims to assess the skills of medical students in communicating bad news. Cross-sectional, analytical and observational study using a practical assessment checklist in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) style of medical students based on the SPIKES protocol containing 12 different items. A total of 172 checklists were evaluated, 61 (35.5%) from the 1st semester of the internship, 59 (34.3%) from the 2nd semester and 52 (30.2%) from the third semester. Of the total, 56.97% were female. There was no statistical difference between sex and periods evaluated (p>0.05). The mean number of correct answers in the 1st semester of the internship was 8.21 ±2.60, that of the 2nd semester was 7.13 ±2.51 and that of the 3rd semester was 9.98 ±1.72. Medical interns performed well on difficult news communication skills, however, the evaluation semester proved to be a factor of improvement in performance, evidencing the importance of training this skill.
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