Universität zu Köln

Hauser, Katarina and Matthes, Jan ORCID: 0000-0003-2754-1555 (2017). Medical students' medication communication skills regarding drug prescription-a qualitative analysis of simulated physician-patient consultations. Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 73 (4). S. 429 - 436. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1432-1041

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Abstract

Purpose Poor medication communication of physicians to patients is detrimental, e.g. for medication adherence. Reasons for physicians' deficits in medication communication may be unfavourable conditions in daily practice or already insufficient training during their (undergraduate) medical studies. We explored medical students' communication on new medications in simulated physician-patient conversations to identify actual deficits indicating apparent educational needs. Methods Fifth year medical students attending a mandatory course at the University of Cologne had simulated physician-patient consultations aiming at drug prescription. In 2015, 21 consultations were recorded, transcribed and subjected to qualitative content analysis based on the method of inductive coding. Results Even essential information on drug therapy was often lacking (e.g. adverse effects, drug administration). Some aspects were addressed more frequently than others. This seemed to differ depending on the diagnosis underlying the particular treatment (acute event vs. chronic disease). The extent of information on drug treatments given in simulated physician-patient consultations varied significantly between students. Conclusions Fifth year medical students showed appreciable deficits in communicating drug prescriptions to patients though there were remarkable inter-individual differences. Our findings suggest that communication on drug therapy to patients is no self-evolving skill. Thus, there is obviously a need for emphasizing medication communication in the training of medical students. Communication aids specifically aiming at medication communication might facilitate learning of adequate medication communication skills.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hauser, Katarina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Matthes, Jan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2754-1555 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-235540
DOI:	10.1007/s00228-016-2192-0
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol.
Volume:	73
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 429 - 436
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1432-1041
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SHARED DECISION-MAKING; PRIMARY-CARE; ADHERENCE; THERAPY; EDUCATION; DOCTORS; METAANALYSIS; OBJECTIVES; ENCOUNTER Multiple languages Pharmacology & Pharmacy Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23554