An Objective Structured Clinical Exam of Communication Skills for Child Neurology Residents
Lead Author: Dara VF. Albert
Submitted by: Todd Lash, The Ohio State University
We developed nine standardized scenarios that highlighted communication challenges commonly encountered in child neurology. Child neurology trainees participated in three OSCE events with three scenarios each over three academic years. Standardized patients (SPs) portrayed patients and/or their parents. Each trainee-SP encounter was evaluated by an observing faculty member using a modified Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form, the SP who provided direct feedback, and by the participating trainee.
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