New Approaches to Teaching Basic Interview Skills to Medical Students
HILLIARD JASON M.D., ED.D.1,
NORMAN KAGAN PH.D.2,
ARNOLD WERNER M.D.3,
ARTHUR S. ELSTEIN PH.D.4, , and
JAMES B. THOMAS PH.D.5
1 Professor and Director, Office of Medical Education Research and Development, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823
2 Professor, Counseling Personnel Service, College of Education, and Professor, Office of Medical Education Research and Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Psychiatric Services, University Health Service, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823
4 Associate Professor, Office of Medical Education Research and Development, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823
5 Associate Professor, Department of Human Development, and Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823
The authors describe a teaching program for first-Year medical students that uses videotape and simulated patients. The program helps students acquire the skills necessary for good professional relationships with patients, overcome anxieties in confronting patients, adopt a comfortable professional self-image, and begin involvement in clinical medicine in order to facilitate inter-relationships between preclinical and clinical sciences.
