• Can we rely on simulated patients' satisfaction with their consultation for assessing medical students' communication skills? A cross-sectional study 

      Gude, Tore; Grimstad, Hilde; Holen, Are; Anvik, Tor; Baerheim, Anders; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Hjortdahl, Per; Vaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-18)
      Background: In medical education, teaching methods offering intensive practice without high utilization of faculty resources are needed. We investigated whether simulated patients’ (SPs’) satisfaction with a consultation could predict professional observers’ assessment of young doctors’ communication skills. <p>Methods: This was a comparative cross-sectional study of 62 videotaped consultations ...
    • A few more minutes make a difference? The relationship between content and length of GP consultations 

      Gude, Tore; Vaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen; Anvik, Tor; Baerheim, Anders; Grimstad, Hilde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-03)
      <p><i>Objectives - </i>To investigate the relationship between the length of a medical consultation in a general practice setting and the biopsychosocial information obtained by the physician, and to explore the characteristics of young physicians obtaining comprehensive, especially psychosocial information. <p><i>Design - </i>A prospective, longitudinal follow-up study. Setting. Videotaped ...
    • Have medical students’ attitudes towards clinical communication skills changed over a 12- year period? A comparative long-term study 

      Gude, Tore; Tyssen, Reidar; Anvik, Tor; Grimstad, Hilde; Holen, Are; Baerheim, Anders; Vaglum, Per Jørgen Wiggen; Løvseth, Lise T (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-10)
      <i>Background</i> - Attitudes towards learning clinical communication skills at the end of medical school are likely to reflect the students’ training and motivation for the continued development of their skills as doctors. Students from two Norwegian medical schools, one with a traditional, and the other with an integrated curriculum, were approached in 2003 and 2015; with regard to changes in ...