The teaching effectiveness of standardized patients

Teaching nursing students therapeutic communication skills begins in the classroom and extends to the clinical environment. The usual method of instruction consists of random patient encounters observed by faculty and measures of competence that rely on paper-and-pencil tests. Using standardized pat...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2006-04, Vol.45 (4), p.103-111
Main Authors: Becker, Kathleen L, Rose, Linda E, Berg, Janet B, Park, Hyunjeong, Shatzer, John H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquisitions & mergers
Adult
Anxiety
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - nursing
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - methods
Educational Environment
Educational Measurement
Female
Foreign Medical Graduates
Hospitals
Humans
Interactive learning
Internship, Nonmedical - methods
Interviews
Learning Processes
Male
Maryland
Middle Aged
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Patient education
Patient Simulation
Pilot Projects
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Psychiatric Nursing - education
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Qualitative Research
Recording equipment
Students, Nursing
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Summary:Teaching nursing students therapeutic communication skills begins in the classroom and extends to the clinical environment. The usual method of instruction consists of random patient encounters observed by faculty and measures of competence that rely on paper-and-pencil tests. Using standardized patients (SPs) offers an alternative approach to the traditional method of teaching. Standardized patients are individuals who have been carefully trained to present an illness or scenario in a standardized, unvarying manner. This pilot study compared use of SPs with the usual method of instruction in a class of undergraduate nursing students. Results indicated that students who participated in the SP method overwhelmingly described the experience as positive, creative, and meaningful. No significant differences were found between the two groups on measures of interpersonal skills, therapeutic communication skills, and knowledge of depression
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20060401-03