Lifelong Learning Indicators in Medical Students After a Novel Communication Skills Session.
J Pain Symptom Manage
; 67(4): e367-e374, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
CONTEXT A growth mindset and mastery approach have gained attention as useful learning orientations in medical education, however few studies of interventions to foster these orientations exist. OBJECTIVES:
We sought to discover whether a communication skills session on delivering serious news could foster a communication growth mindset and/or a mastery approach in medical students.METHODS:
This was an interventional survey study of third-year medical students before and after a session on delivering serious news. Students were administered a communication mindset survey before and after the session; achievement goal and learning environment surveys were administered after the session. Chi-square tests were used to assess the difference in pre and post mindsets. Logistic regression was used to determine the odds of achieving a mastery approach with pre- and post-communication growth mindset as the independent variables.RESULTS:
Students' communication growth mindset increased from 79% (n = 186) before the intervention to 92% (n = 142) after the intervention. Achievement goal analysis demonstrated that 64% (n = 91) of students had a mastery approach, 14% (n = 20) had a performance approach and 22% (n = 32) had an avoidant approach. Ninety-nine percent (n = 151) felt the session provided a safe learning environment. The odds of having a mastery approach correlated with both pre and post-intervention growth mindset, with post-session growth mindset having the strongest correlation.CONCLUSIONS:
A novel communication skills session on delivering serious news fostered a communication growth mindset in third year medical students. Most students exhibited a mastery approach to learning; this approach was more likely when they had a growth mindset.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Humans
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En
Revista:
J Pain Symptom Manage
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J. pain symptom manage
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Journal of pain and symptom management
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
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TERAPEUTICA
Año:
2024
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Article