Application of bilingual simulated patients in the medical history collection for international medical students in China

In all international medical student (IMS) programs in China, language barriers between IMSs and Chinese patients greatly reduced the learning in clinical practice and brought great challenges to IMSs in their transition from preclinical to clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the role...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2023-07, Vol.23 (1), p.525-525, Article 525
Main Authors: Zou, Liping, Su, Juan, Li, Jiao, Wang, Jing, Kang, Jian, Yin, Anning, Ren, Haixia, Jiang, Xiaoda, Ding, Yijuan, An, Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Objectives
Bilingual education
Bilingual Teachers
Bilingualism
Clinical medicine
Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Communication
Data Analysis
Foreign students
Gastroenterology
Higher education
Hospitals
International aspects
International medical student
Language
Language Proficiency
Language Skills
Medical education
Medical history
Medical history collection
Medical history taking
Medical students
Patient satisfaction
Simulate patient
Simulated patients
Simulation
Study and teaching
Teaching
Workshops
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Summary:In all international medical student (IMS) programs in China, language barriers between IMSs and Chinese patients greatly reduced the learning in clinical practice and brought great challenges to IMSs in their transition from preclinical to clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the role of bilingual simulated patients (B-SPs) in IMSs learning of medical history collection in China. 48 IMSs of grade 4 between October 2020 to Jan 2021 were enrolled in this study. During the training of medical history collection, students were randomly arranged into two groups trained with either B-SPs (B-SP group) or English-speaking SP (E-SP group). All SPs in Objective Structured Clinical Exam station (OSCE) were trained in the Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan University. Clinical skills in medical history collection were assessed by instructors during pre-clinical, post-clinical OSCE and clinical rotations. The scores of IMSs in each group were analyzed in terms of medical history collection including the ability to effectively consult for information and key communication skills related to patient care. Our results indicated that IMS in B-SP group obtained similar scores in preclinical training for history collection (67.3 ± 8.46 vs 67.69 ± 8.86, P 
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/s12909-023-04480-1