Effects of SF for CST Protocol in OT Interns

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occupational Therapy; Communication

Treatments: Other: specific feedback based on an in-depth assessment tool for communication skills training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05457231

202001194B0

Details and patient eligibility

About

Specific feedback is considered an important strategy in communication skills training (CST). However, the effects of specific feedback on communication skills have not been comprehensively investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of specific feedback based on an in-depth assessment tool for CST (CST-SF) in occupational therapy interns' communication skills.

Full description

A one-group pretest-posttest study was conducted. Thirty-six interns received CST-SF combined with patient interviews and brief feedback. Each intern completed three interviews with different patients. After the interviews, the interns were given brief feedback based on the Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form (GKCSAF) and specific feedback based on the Communication Skills Measure for Therapists. The first and last interviews were assessed by experts, clinical instructors, interns, and patients using the GKCSAF.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• fourth-year undergraduate students who had started their psychiatry internship

Exclusion criteria

• no

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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140 participants in 1 patient group

CST-SF group

Experimental group

Description:

The feedback process was as follows. Feedback was given after each interview, including brief feedback and SF. Brief feedback was provided by the clinical instructor based on the Gap-Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form immediately after each interview. Within two weeks after the first and second interviews, the interns received SF from experts and clinical instructors based on the Communication Skills Measure for Therapist. The SF of the third interview could not be completed because the internship had ended.

Treatment:

Other: specific feedback based on an in-depth assessment tool for communication skills training