Teaching clinical skills to medical students: the use of simulated patients and videotaping in general practice |
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| Authors: | B R McAVOY |
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| Institution: | Department of Community Health, University of Leicester, UK. |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the use of simulated patients in a problem-based teaching programme designed to develop the clinical skills of medical students during a 5-week course in general practice in the University of Leicester. The logistics of training and the advantages of using simulated patients are discussed. Simulated patients are practicable and acceptable in a United Kingdom medical school, and the reaction of students to their use is favourable. |
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| Keywords: | *clinical competence family practice/*educ *education medical undergraduate *videotape recording teaching/*methods problem solving England curriculum |
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