ReviewPatient education and counseling2011
The advantages and challenges of unannounced standardized patient methodology to assess healthcare communication.
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- Empathy and boundary turbulence in cancer communication.Patient education and counseling · 2021Article
- Prevalence and determinants of inappropriate antibiotic dispensing at private drug retail outlets in urban and rural areas of Indonesia: a mixed methods study.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2021Article
- Using Simulation as an Investigative Methodology in Researching Competencies of Clinical Social Work Practice: A Scoping Review.Clinical social work journal · 2021Article
- Is physician implicit bias associated with differences in care by patient race for metastatic cancer-related pain?PloS one · 2021Article
- Videotaped Unannounced Standardized Patient Encounters to Evaluate Interpersonal and Communication Skills in Emergency Medicine Residents.AEM education and training · 2020Article
- Proper Counseling and Dispensing of Isotretinoin Capsule Products by Community Pharmacists in UAE: A Simulated Patient Study.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2020Article
- Igniting activation: Using unannounced standardized patients to measure patient activation in smoking cessation.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Impact of Patient Gender and Race and Physician Communication on Colorectal Cancer Diagnostic Visits in Primary Care.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2019Article
- Utilizing a Faculty Development Program to Promote Safer Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain in Internal Medicine Resident Practices.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2019Article
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- Minimum standards and development perspectives for the use of simulated patients - a position paper of the committee for simulated patients of the German Association for Medical Education.GMS journal for medical education · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper provides an overview of the implementation of using unannounced standardized patients (USPs) to conduct health communication research in clinical settings.
methodsCertain types of health communication situations are difficult to capture because of their rarity or unpredictable nature. In primary care the real reasons for a visit are frequently unknown until the consultation is well under way. Therefore, it is logistically difficult for communication studies to capture many real-time communications between patients and their physicians. Although the USP methodology is ideal for capturing these communication behaviors, challenges to using this method include developing collaborative relationships with clinical practices, logistical issues such as safeguarding the identity of the USP, training USPs and creating their identities, maintaining fidelity to the role, and analyzing the resultant data.
resultsThis paper discusses the challenges and solutions to USP implementation. We provide an example of how to implement a USP study using an on-going study being conducted in primary care practices.
conclusionThis paper explores the advantages and challenges as well as strategies to overcome obstacles to implementing a USP study. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Despite the challenges, USP methodology can contribute much to our understanding of health communication and practice.
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