Using authentic doctor–patient consultations in improving communication skills
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Meng Yeh [1] ; Wei-li Hsu [1]
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[1] Rice University
Rice University
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Foreign language annals, ISSN 0015-718X, Vol. 56, Nº. 2, 2023, págs. 428-452
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This study investigates the effect of an instructional design for medical Chinese, which incorporates research findings from Conversation Analysis (CA) and uses authentic doctor–patient consultations in primary-care visits as teaching materials. The goal of the instruction is to develop students' interpersonal communicative competence in medical settings, especially doctor–patient consultations. Twelve pre-med college students in the course Chinese for Healthcare Professions participated in this study. They first participated in five 50-min classes using a chapter from a medical Chinese textbook. Then, they participated in an additional set of five 50-min instructional sessions introducing CA-informed instruction using authentic consultations. The pedagogical effects were measured with paired roleplays administered at three different times: at the beginning of the course, after the regular instruction sessions, and, finally, after the CA-informed instructional period. The results show that the CA-informed instruction for using authentic doctor–patient consultations has a positive effect on improving students' communicative performance in simulated medical settings.
