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Introduction: Consultation skill is an integral part in medicine. It includes skills in history taking, physical examination and counselling.
Objective: to evaluate the objective and subjective feedback of observed consultation as a teaching and assessment method in family medicine rotation.
Methods: At the end of family medicine rotation, students were given an anonymous online form to rate observed consultation as an assessment method. The objective rating is in the scale of 1-5. Scale 1 is for ‘strongly disagree’ and 5 is for ‘strongly agree’. The question was ‘I feel observed consultation is a suitable assessment method and truly reflects my performance’. Subjective feedback was used for the use of observed consultation as a teaching method.
Results: There were 57/64 students responded to the online feedback. The mean score (SD) for using observed consultation as an assessment method was 4.4 (0.73). Students felt that lecturers feedbacks from observed consultation was very useful. Ten students suggested to increase the number of observed consultation sessions.
Conclusion: ‘Observed consultation’ as a method of teaching and assessment received positive feedback from students. Further study need to be done to objectively assess its effectiveness in improving skills in patient consultation during medical training.
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In-Text Citation: (Daud et al., 2022)
To Cite this Article: Daud, N., Hassan, N. M., Yusoff, H. M., Mukhali, H. B., & Juhari, S. N. (2022). ‘Observed Consultation’ as a Teaching and Assessment Method for Family Medicine Rotation in Undergraduate Medical Programme (MBBS) in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia. International Journal of Acdemic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 6(3), 154–161.
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