Learning Process of Fourth Year Medical Students During a Doctor-patient Relationship Training

Learning Process of Fourth Year Medical Students During an Obligatory Doctor-patient Relationship Training, Including Role Play, Simulated Consultation, Balint Group and Courses: a Mixed Method Study

This study aims to explore learning process for undergraduate students in this doctor-patient relationship course. This study is one of the 3 studies included in a PhD on learning process during simulation training in psychiatry. The results of this 3 studies will aim at building a formative and summative assessment tool of competences specific to this pedagogic context.

Methodology: Mixed method study with:

Qualitative : Grounded Theory analysis of :

• Semi-structured interview of learners and teachers
• Learning written traces of students

Quantitative features:

• Self-reported questionnaires on satisfaction
• Sociodemographical data and others questions

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > to 18 years old
• Undergraduate medical fourth-year student of Paris Descartes University
• Taking part in an obligatory doctor-patient relationship training, including role play, simulated consultation, Balint group and courses
• Draw by lot
• French or English language
• Agreement

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of agreement
• Undergraduate medical fourth-year student of Paris Descartes University who couldn't take part in an obligatory doctor-patient relationship training, including role play, simulated consultation, Balint group and courses