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ReviewBMC medical education2023

Development of an assessment tool to measure communication skills among family medicine residents in the context of electronic medical record use.

Jumana Antoun, Bassem Saab, Jinan Usta, Maya Romani, Imad Bou Akl, Maha Fathallah El Mofti, Joudy Eter, Natally AlArab, Hala Itani

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Review in BMC medical education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jumana AntounDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon. ja46@aub.edu.lb.
Bassem SaabDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Jinan UstaDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Maya RomaniDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Imad Bou AklDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Maha Fathallah El MoftiDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Joudy EterDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Natally AlArabDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
Hala ItaniDepartment of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut · LB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe introduction of the electronic medical record (EMR) has led to new communication skills that need to be taught and assessed. There is scarce literature on validated instruments measuring electronic-specific communication skills. The aim is to develop an assessment checklist that assesses the general and EMR-specific communication skills and evaluates their content validity and reliability.

methodsUsing the SEGUE theoretical framework for communication skills, the assessment checklist items were developed by the Communication Skills Working Group (CSWG) at the family medicine department using a literature review about the positive and negative aspects of EMR use on physician-patient communication. A group of faculty members rated real resident-patient encounters on two occasions, three weeks apart. Patients were asked to fill out the Communication Assessment Tool (CAT) at the end of the encounter.

resultsA total of 8 residents agreed to participate in the research, with 21 clinical encounters recorded. The average total score was 65.2 ± 6.9 and 48.1 ± 9.5 for the developed scale and the CAT scale, respectively. The scale reliability was good, with a Cronbach alpha of 0.694. The test-retest reliability was 0.873, p < 0.0001. For the total score on the developed checklist, the intraclass correlation coefficient between raters (ICC) was 0.429 [0.030,0.665], p-value of 0.019. The level of agreement between any two raters on the cumulative score of the 5 subsections ranged from 0.506 (interpersonal skills) to 0.969 (end encounter).

conclusionThis checklist is a reliable and valid instrument that combines basic and EMR-related communication skills.

Indexed as

Clinical CompetenceInternship and ResidencyCommunicationElectronic Health RecordsFamily PracticePhysician-Patient RelationsReproducibility of ResultsAssessmentCommunication skillsComputer-basedPostgraduatePsychometrics

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PMID37060046
PMCPMC10103454
OpenAlexW4365517156

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