Development and pilot test of ComCare – a questionnaire for quick assessment of communicative and social competences in medical students after interviews with simulated patients

The Validity and Reliability of the Patient-Physician Interview Skill Evaluation Form in Five Steps

“…Different evaluation tools in the literature measure the patient-physician interview skills of students. 10,26 F o r example, Calgary-Cambridge Guides, 11 Interview Rating Scale, 12 Maastricht History-Taking and Advice Checklist (MAAS), 13 Brown Interview Checklist (BIC) 14 a n d Communication and Interpersonal Skills Questionnaire (ComCare) 15 are some of them. Calgary-Cambridge Guides was developed to describe effective patient-physician communication skills and provide an evidence-based structure for analyzing and teaching these skills in medical interview.…”

“…Communication and Interpersonal Skills Questionnaire (ComCare), from all patient-physician interview skills, evaluates students' "Communication" and "Interpersonal skills". 15,26 This form consists of 8 items: "using understandable language", "responding to questions and needs satisfactorily", "explaining the next diagnostic or treatment steps in a comprehensible way", "listening attentively", "showing a sincere interest in the patient as a human being", "being caring and showing compassion", "behaving in a way that made the patient feel comfortable around him/her", and "satisfaction with the consultation". All items are evaluated in one component.…”

“…All items are evaluated in one component. 15 Although EFA was performed in the development of the ComCare questionnaire, its single-factor structure has not been verified because the CFA has not been performed. This form consists of two parts: ComCare P (simulated patients) and ComCare D (a selfassessment version).…”

“…10 Some of these evaluation tools are Calgary-Cambridge Guides, 11 Interview Rating Scale, 12 Maastricht History-Taking and Advice Checklist (MAAS), 13 Brown Interview Checklist (BIC) 14 and Communication and Interpersonal Skills Questionnaire (ComCare). 15 This research aims to conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Patient-Physician Interview Skill Evaluation Form (P-PISEF) to be used in performance-based tests in the evaluation of patient-physician interview skills.…”

Re: Evaluation of a telemedicine-based training for final-year medical students including simulated patient consultations, documentation, and case presentation

“…the ComCare scale for measuring medical communication and interpersonal skills [ 4 ]. It measures “language”, “listening”, “interest”, “needs”, “compassion”, “next steps”, and “atmosphere” [ 5 ]. Whether, and if so, what differences occurred between the presence and telemedicine formats is currently a goal of our further research.…”