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Facilitating communication competency: an interprofessional seminar on medical error communication
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Authors
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Sarah Berger
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Maria Burian
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Serin Schiessling
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Christine Leowardi
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Cornelia Mahler
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dominik Ose
- University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Martina Kadmon
- Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
| Published: | March 12, 2015 |
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Introduction: International trends in medical education highlight the need for competency-based curricula in order to prepare students to contribute effectively in future healthcare teams. Competency frameworks [1], [2], [3], [4] are available to guide curriculum development and include core competencies such as communication and collaboration, which will also play an important role in the German national competence-based catalogue of learning objectives for medical education (NKLM). To date, little evidence is available on facilitating communication competence in an interprofessional education setting in Germany.
Method: An interprofessional seminar on medical error communication was offered in the winter semester 2014/2015, with interprofessional teaching teams facilitating the learning process. Structured exercises and mini role-plays reflecting ‘real world’ situations were conducted and students had an opportunity for feedback and reflection after each activity. At the end of the seminar, a patient safety observation assignment was set and a formal debriefing occurred six weeks later. Twenty-four students took part from five professions including medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, laboratory science, and orthoptics. The seminar was evaluated electronically via EvaSys using a Likert scale from 1 (most negative) to 5 (most positive).
Results; Evaluation showed a positive impact. For active learning related to communication of medical errors, 55.6% of respondents gave a score of 4 and a further 22.2% a score of 5 (mean value 4.11). Regarding the ability to self-reflect on attitudes to patient safety and communication of error, 55% of respondents gave a score of 4 and a further 12.5% a score of 5 (mean value 3.89). Finalised results will be reported at the conference.
Discussion: Communication and collaboration competence development for health care students is being actively promoted in the interprofessional seminar on medical error communication at Heidelberg Medical Faculty with integration in two curricula.
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- Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel. Core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice: Report of an expert panel. Washington, D.C.: Interprofessional Education Collaborative; 2011.
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- World Health Organization. Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.
