Department of Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
BMC Med Educ. 2018 Mar 27;18(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1174-6.
Successful interaction and communication with patients is as vital for dentists as it is for physicians. Therefore, the aim of this study was the development and evaluation of an interactive, experiential training curriculum with an emphasis on communication for dual degree seekers of medicine and dentistry.
A pre-clinical course with an emphasis in physician/dentist-patient communication and interaction was adapted by a team of subject experts based largely on the propositions of Experiential Learning Theory. After attending the course, dental students (N = 81) rated the course on a Likert- style scale and answered two open questions.
Students found the interactive course curriculum to be very helpful and vital. Many students reported that their initial interest in the course was mainly because it is a dual degree requirement, but later on rated the course as highly important in terms of later physician/dentist-patient interaction. One aspect of the curriculum course participants regarded as very important, yet neglected during dental studies, was (self-) perception.
In the view of dental students, the rigorous structure of the pre-clinical dental curriculum does not allow for time spent on topics such as (self-) perception and awareness, but training one's ability to self-reflect and think critically about one's own actions, conduct or position can aid with advanced medical and dental studies and practices later on. Experiential courses with an emphasis on patient-physician/dentist communication should be offered early on during pre-clinical medical and dental studies as a regular part of the curriculum.
成功地与患者互动和交流对牙医和医生来说同样重要。因此，本研究的目的是为医学和牙科双学位学生开发和评估一门以沟通为重点的互动式体验式培训课程。
一个以医患沟通和互动为重点的临床前课程，由一组主题专家根据体验式学习理论的主要原则改编。在参加完课程后，牙科学生（N=81）对课程进行了李克特量表式评估，并回答了两个开放性问题。
学生们认为互动课程非常有帮助和重要。许多学生最初对课程感兴趣主要是因为这是双学位的要求，但后来他们认为课程对于未来的医患互动非常重要。课程参与者认为非常重要但在牙科学习中被忽视的一个方面是（自我）感知。
在牙科学生看来，严格的临床前牙科课程结构不允许花费时间在（自我）感知和意识等主题上，但培养自我反思和批判性思考自己的行为、行为或立场的能力可以帮助他们在以后的医学和牙科学习和实践中取得进步。应该在临床前医学和牙科学习早期提供以医患沟通为重点的体验式课程，并将其作为课程的常规组成部分。
