Six years of experience using patient instructors to teach interviewing skills.

摘要: In 1974 a competency-based program was developed at the University of Arizona College Medicine that used patient instructors (PIs) to evaluate interviewing skills objectively. PIs are nonphysicians who taught function in multiple roles patient, teacher, and evaluator. For each specialty area, objective evaluation instruments have been measure student's technique (interview process) amount relevant historical information obtained from content). Data six most recent classes second-year medical students demonstrate that: (a) there is positive correlation between process content scores; (b) learn their interviews with PIs; (c) relationship scores obtain on first interview two different areas. It concluded PI provides an effective way teach students.