Enhancing patient-centred care in Taiwan's dental education system: Exploring the feasibility of doctor-patient communication education and training

He, Yizhou Joseph; Liao, Pei Chun; Chang, Yung-Ta

doi:10.1016/j.jds.2023.07.006

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“…However, communication skills training is often relegated to lectures or passive learning methods, offering limited opportunities for hands-on and skill-based practices [ 12 , 24 ]. Finally, previous studies have recommended introducing doctor-patient communication courses in Taiwan to teach communication skills [ 25 ].…”

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Situational simulation teaching effectively improves dental students’ non-operational clinical competency and objective structured clinical examination performance

Wu,

Lin,

Lee

et al. 2024

BMC Med Educ

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Background Appropriate communication with dental patients enhances treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction. Implementing simulated patient interviews courses can improve patient-centered care and reduce conflict during clerkship training. Therefore, this study explored the relationship among student participation in a situational simulation course (SSC), academic performance, clerkship performance, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) performance. Methods This study was conducted with a sample of fifth-year dental students undergoing clerkship training. After implementing a situational simulation course to investigate the relationship among participation in SSC, academic performance, clerkship performance, and OSCE performance, a path analysis model was developed and tested. Results Eighty-seven fifth-year dental students were eligible for the SSC, and most (n = 70, 80.46%) volunteered to participate. The path analysis model revealed that academic performance had a direct effect on OSCE performance (β = 0.281, P = 0.003) and clerkship performance (β = 0.441, P < 0.001). In addition, SSC teaching had a direct effect on OSCE performance (β = 0.356, P < 0.001). Conclusions SSCs can enhance dental students’ non-operational clinical competency and OSCE performance effectively. Simulated patient encounters with feedback, incorporated into the dental curricula, have led to improved communication. Based on our findings, we suggest implementing SSC teaching before the OSCE to improve communication and cognitive skills.

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