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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Using standardized patients to evaluate undergraduate medical students' proficiency in speaking English |
Author: | Chur-Hansen, A. Vernon-Roberts, J. |
Citation: | Academic Medicine, 1999; 74(7):829-834 |
Publisher: | Hanley & Belfus |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 1040-2446 1938-808X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anna Chur-Hansen, and Jane Vernon-Roberts |
Abstract: | PURPOSE: To explore the use of standardized patients for evaluating medical student's proficiency in speaking English. METHOD: In 1995, using a language rating scale constructed by the authors, six standardized patients evaluated the English-language proficiencies of 127 second-year medical student undergraduates enrolled at the University of Adelaide, Australia, many of whom were from a non-English speaking background. RESULTS: An earlier standardized test (Screening Test for Adolescent Language) had identified approximately one third of the students as potentially experiencing difficulties in using English in their training. Students so identified were rated lower than were their peers by the standardized patients. CONCLUSION: The study proved useful both in identifying aspects of speech that can be reasonably rated by standardized patients and also in identifying students who might benefit from language interventions. Replication studies with the new instrument are required to further establish its reliability, validity, and generalizability across different student cohorts. |
Keywords: | Humans Cohort Studies Reproducibility of Results Communication Language Nonverbal Communication Speech Speech Intelligibility Interpersonal Relations Language Tests Education, Medical, Undergraduate Students, Medical Patient Simulation Vocabulary Adolescent Adult Asia Malaysia South Australia Female Male |
Rights: | © 1999 Association of American Medical Colleges |
DOI: | 10.1097/00001888-199907000-00018 |
Published version: | http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/1999/07000/Using_standardized_patients_to_evaluate.18.aspx |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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