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Medical students and peer physical examination: two case studies of strategies to improve safety and increase acceptance
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wearn, Andy Vnuk, Anna Kristina |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Background: Using students as their own examination models has become an accepted part of clinical skills teaching methodology; this is particularly true for early training. Consent and participation are usually implicit. However, teaching in this way raises ethical, practical and personal issues that ought to be addressed explicitly. In addition, there is the important area of abnormalities identified as part of teaching and how they are managed. Students will have a range of personal attitudes, beliefs, expectations and experiences that may influence their approach to and participation in peer examination. Some of these issues have been drawn out in survey and interview studies, identifying issues of gender, relationship and religious beliefs, amongst others. Method: With the advent of new clinical skills courses in two different medical programs in New Zealand and Australia, some of these issues were addressed formally. Two separate approaches were developed to ensure explicit consent, ground rules, reflection and professionalism in clinical skills teaching. This paper describes the two approaches. Conclusions: We would argue that an open, structured approach to peer examination is desirable, practical and useful. Students may not consider some of the relevant issues without prompting and open discussion also helps to address the power balance of teacher and student. This paper describes two ways of tackling the issues. Whether such an approach genuinely affects the process and experience of peer examination and future behaviour or attitudes needs to be the subject of future research. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2328/12234/2006004006.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
