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Health Literacy in Transitions of Care: An Innovative Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Fourth-Year Medical Students in an Internship Preparation Course

verfasst von: Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, MD, Dana Casey, MD, Lucy Schulson, MD, MPH, Peter Gliatto, MD, Jonathan Giftos, MD, Reena Karani, MD, MHPE

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 2/2016

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Abstract

Background

Low health literacy is associated with adverse health outcomes, especially during transitions of care. Competency-based assessments may improve communication during this time.

Aim

To develop an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for medical students to demonstrate communication skills to be used during the hospital discharge process with patients of low health literacy.

Setting

The OSCE was integrated into the curriculum of an internship preparatory clerkship.

Participants

One hundred and one fourth-year medical students participated.

Program Description

Students received a skills-based health literacy workshop. In the OSCE, learners counseled standardized patients regarding initiation of anticoagulation at discharge and wrote discharge instructions.

Program Evaluation

Fifty-seven students completed the workshop prior to the OSCE, and 44 participated in the workshop after the completing the OSCE. Participants who completed the workshop first outperformed their peers on the checklist (15.1 vs. 13.4, p < 0.0001) and on the reading level of their written instructions (9.9 vs. 10.6, p = 0.01); 82% felt confident communicating with patients of low health literacy after the workshop and OSCE.

Discussion

This OSCE is a tool to train and evaluate future interns’ ability to communicate with patients of limited health literacy levels at hospital discharge. Such innovations may make this period of time safer for patients, improving health outcomes.

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Titel: Health Literacy in Transitions of Care: An Innovative Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Fourth-Year Medical Students in an Internship Preparation Course
verfasst von: Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, MD
Dana Casey, MD
Lucy Schulson, MD, MPH
Peter Gliatto, MD
Jonathan Giftos, MD
Reena Karani, MD, MHPE
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-015-3513-1

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