@article{ref1,
title="A medical interviewing curriculum intervention for medical students' assessment of suicide risk",
journal="Academic psychiatry",
year="2013",
author="Fiedorowicz, Jess G. and Tate, Jodi and Miller, Anthony C. and Franklin, Ellen M. and Gourley, Ryan and Rosenbaum, Marcy",
volume="37",
number="6",
pages="398-401",
abstract="OBJECTIVE Effective communication strategies are required to assess suicide risk. The authors determined whether a 2-hour simulated-patient activity during a psychiatry clerkship improved self-assessment of medical interviewing skills relevant to suicide risk-assessment. METHODS In the 2-hour simulated-patient intervention, at least one psychiatrist, a non-clinician communication expert, and a specifically-trained simulated patient worked with groups of 4-6 students to address student-identified challenges with patient encounters involving suicide risk-assessment. Six of twelve clerkships between July 2010 and October 2011 were assigned to this educational intervention in addition to a communications curriculum. RESULTS On a retrospective pre-post self-assessment, the 61 of 118 students assigned to the intervention group reported greater improvements in relevant skills. The process of discovering/responding to patients' feelings and identifying/addressing verbal and nonverbal cues specifically improved. CONCLUSION The psychiatry clerkship provides a unique opportunity to reinforce and develop communications skills with a formal, skills-based curriculum.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1042-9670",
doi="10.1176/appi.ap.11110200",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.11110200"
}