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The value of feedback in teaching interviewing skills to medical students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter Maguire ,
Philip Roe ,
David Goldberg ,
Simon Jones ,
Clive Hyde  and
Terry O'Dowd
Peter Maguire*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
Philip Roe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
David Goldberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
Simon Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
Clive Hyde
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
Terry O'Dowd
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Peter Maguire, Department of Psychiatry, The University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester.
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Synopsis

Forty-eight medical students took part in a study to assess the value of giving students some feedback about their interviewing skills. During the study they all received training from their clinical firms. In addition, 36 of the students received 1 of 3 types of feedback training. This was given by tutors who used television replays, audiotape replays or ratings of practice interviews conducted by the students.

As in previous studies there was little improvement in the interviewing skills of those students who only received training from their clinical firms. In contrast, all 3 feedback groups improved their ability to elicit accurate and relevant information. However, only the television and audiotape groups also showed gains in techniques. While the differences between these 2 groups were not significant, they all favoured the television group.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 695 - 704
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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