Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:316-322
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Ratings of videotaped simulated patient interviews and four other methods of evaluating a psychiatry clerkship
E Mumford, H Schlesinger, T Cuerdon and J Scully
Ratings of videotaped interviews with simulated patients were compared with
four other measures commonly used to evaluate medical students during their
psychiatry clerkship. Intercorrelations among self- reported attitude
change, written examination grade, and student rating of satisfaction with
the clerkship suggest that each measures different processes. Low but
significant correlations between preceptor ratings of interaction skills
and data-gathering skills and process and content scores based on an
end-of-course videotaped interview suggest that preceptor ratings and the
videotaped interview method evaluated the same skills. The authors conclude
that preceptor evaluations supplemented by objective ratings of videotaped
interviews show promise for evaluating the development of interviewing
skills.
