Medical education traditionally places an emphasis on the acquisition and recall of information. Using new approaches such as cognitive maps, cognitive style, and multiple intelligences to design educational interventions could maximize medical student learning. This session explores how these tools can be easily incorporated into clinical and classroom teaching for maximum effect. The Use of Standardized Patients for Evaluating Cultural Competency in Videotaped Patient Interviews During a Family Medicine Clerkship Venita Morell, MD, Brenda Latham-Sadler, MD, Karen Vaden, and Penny Sharp, EdD, Wake Forest University Videotaped interviews with standardized patients inserted as patients into clinical schedules are used during our family medicine clerkship to assess students cultural competency. Patient scenarios can be written to include varied issues.
Students review tapes in a small group with a faculty facilitator.
Participants will see a videotape in which a student discusses her performance and will receive details about the program, which can be duplicated if desired. As the United States population becomes more diverse, the use of interpreters has become an important skill for all medical professionals. The importance of helping students develop this skill in medical school is evident. This session will describe and demonstrate the use of standardized patients to evaluate medical students proficiency and knowledge in using interpreters. Participants of this session will understand how to develop evaluation goals and objectives, develop case checklist materials, and recruit and train standardized patients.