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Student Evaluation Scale for Medical Courses with Simulations of the Doctor-Patient Interaction (SES-Sim)
Eva Neumann1, Rainer Obliers, Christine Schiessl
1University of Cologne, Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Cologne, Germany. eva.neumann@uni-duesseldorf.de
Objective:
Simulations of doctor-patient interactions have become a popular method for the training of medical skills, primarily communication skills. A new questionnaire for the measurement of students' satisfaction with medical courses using this technique is presented, the Student Evaluation Scale for Medical Courses with Simulations of the Doctor-Patient Interaction (SES-Sim).
Method:
A set of items focusing on the course quality and the core elements of simulations was created and presented to 220 medical students who had been trained with this method.
Results:
Based on factor-analyses 18 items were selected for the final version of the scale, which represent five dimensions: learning success, actors, premises, tutors and students. The five dimensions are all significantly correlated with a 1-item-measure of the general satisfaction with the course.
Conclusion:
The SES-Sim enables tutors to assess in an economic way whether the course has met the students' needs and what can be done better.
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