Medizinpsychologische Lehre innovativ gestalten: Förderung von Kommunikations- und Forschungskompetenzen in der vorklinischen Ausbildung

Subtitle: Innovations in teaching medical psychology: Promoting communication and research skills in pre-clinical education

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wiesmann, Ulrich | Niehörster, Gabriele | Hannich, Hans-Joachim

Note: [] Korrespondenzadresse: Priv.-Doz. Dr. phil. Dr. rer. med. habil. Ulrich Wiesmann, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universität Greifswald, Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, D-17487 Greifswald. Tel.: 03834/865603; Fax: 03834/865605; E-mail: wiesmann@uni-greifswald.de

Abstract: We are presenting our pre-clinical tutorial "Practice-oriented Applications" as part of the Medical Psychology Seminar at Greifswald University. Our innovations include "real life" training in the psychological problem areas of medical practice through realistic student-led examinations of simulation patients and presentations of scientific project reports at a student congress. Students worked on one of four problem areas regarding content, practice, and research: 1) medical pain history for chronic back pain patients, 2) motivational interviewing for addiction cases, 3) shared decision-making with depression patients, and 4) breaking bad news to cancer patients. Overall, the students (n = 189) evaluated the pre-clinical tutorial positively. The final student congress manifested a valuable diversity of quantitative, qualitative, and didactical research reports. We feel encouraged to follow up this perspective in medical psychological education.

Keywords: Medical education , communication training, research training, evaluation

Journal: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 88-96, 2009