Abstract
The Structured Clinical Instruction Module (SCIM) is an educational format developed for the teaching of clinical and interpersonal skills. The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot-test a SCIM to enhance medical students' learning and understanding about cancer pain assessment and management. The Cancer Pain SCIM was presented to 34 third-year medical students. Eight instructors and six standardized patients (five cancer patients) participated in the course. All participants evaluated the course using a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree). Students self-assessed their clinical skills before and after the course using a five-point scale (1 = not competent; 5 = very competent). Students agreed [mean (S.D.)] very strongly that the SCIM was a valuable educational experience [4.4 (0.56)] and that it was beneficial to use actual cancer patients in the SCIM [4.5 (0.63)]. Students believed their skills in the assessment and management of cancer pain significantly improved after the course. The SCIM is a valuable and novel instructional format to teach essential skills in the assessment and management of cancer pain to medical students. (C) U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee, 2000.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-11 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This paper is supported by NIH Grant CA 72695.
Keywords
- Cancer pain
- Clinical skills training
- Medical education
- Standardized patients
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing
- Clinical Neurology
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine