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  • Medical Education
  • Digital Learning
  • Communication Skills Training

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  • Peer-assisted learning is a common university teaching method.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic shifted medical education online.
  • The efficacy of online tutorials in medical communication courses needed investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of online tutorials in a medical communication course.
  • To evaluate interaction, verbal, and nonverbal communication in an online setting.
  • To determine the impact on students' learning success.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal quantitative study with second-year medical students.
  • Utilized validated questionnaires (e.g., Jefferson Empathy Scale) with Likert scales.
  • Assessed interaction, verbal/nonverbal communication, and learning success.

Main Results:

  • High likeability reported between students and tutors (p > .05).
  • Significant increase in learning success observed (Cohen's d = 0.36-0.74).
  • High ratings for nonverbal (M=3.90±0.83) and verbal communication (M=4.88±0.35) in simulated patient encounters.

Conclusions:

  • Online tutorials facilitate interaction and communication, proving effective for medical education.
  • Simulated patients enhance synchronous online learning by mimicking real patient encounters.
  • Online tutorials are a valuable addition to medical training.