Application of the advanced multi-modal and scenario-based communication drill in standardized patient training

Objective To research the effectiveness of the advanced multi-modal and scenario-based communication drill in standardized patient (SP) training.

Methods After training SP with the advanced multi-modal and scenario-based communication drill, the correlation between examiner's and SP's score for medical student in the first station and second station of the empirical research in 2017 national two-step medical licensing examination in Anhui Medical University was analyzed.Thirty SPs were randomly selected to receive the objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), and scored by teacher and medical student, respectively.

Results The score of the medical student by examiner and SP was (59.87±12.40) points and (17.55±2.21) points, respectively, which was positively correlated (r=0.294, P < 0.01).There was no significant difference between teacher's and SP's scores for the medical student (P>0.05), and there was significant difference between examinee's and teacher's scores in the evaluation of SP's performance in OSCE (P < 0.01).

Conclusions The advanced multi-modal and scenario-based communication drill has good effects in SP training, which is worthy of further promotion.