A collaboration on teaching and assessing triadic consultation skills

Introduction: Teaching triadic consultation skills is becoming increasingly prevalent at medical schools but is included by few schools in summative assessments. We describe a collaboration between Leicester and Cambridge Medical Schools to share teaching practice and the development of an objective...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andy Ward (Author), Deborah Critoph (Author), Rachel Westacott (Author), Rachel Williams (Author), Nisha Dogra (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this object online.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Introduction: Teaching triadic consultation skills is becoming increasingly prevalent at medical schools but is included by few schools in summative assessments. We describe a collaboration between Leicester and Cambridge Medical Schools to share teaching practice and the development of an objective structure clinical examination (OSCE) station to assess these important skills. Methods: We agreed on the broad components of the process skills of a triadic consultation and wrote a framework. We used the framework to develop OSCE criteria and suitable case scenarios. The triadic consultation OSCEs were used in our summative assessments at Leicester and Cambridge. Results: Student feedback on teaching was largely positive. The OSCEs at both institutions performed effectively provided a fair and reliable test and had good face validity. Student performance was similar in both schools. Discussion and conclusion: Our collaboration provided peer support and enabled the production of a framework for teaching and assessing triadic consultations that is likely to be generalisable to other medical schools. We were able to reach a consensus on what skills should be included in the teaching of triadic consultations and to co-design an OSCE station to effectively assess those skills. Innovation: Collaboration between two medical schools using a constructive alignment principle allowed the efficient development of effective teaching and assessment of triadic consultations.
Item Description:2772-6282
10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100091