How to involve medical history taking effectively in LSP teaching

The Department of Languages for Specific Purposes at the University of Pécs, Medical School (UPMS) has started to develop innovative practices; modernized blended-learning methods and tools in the field of medical communication (history taking).Educational material is worked out, communication courses are involved in pilot experimentation and digitally available educational material assist our foreign students in acquiring practical communication skills in medical Hungarian. Authenticity is ensured by internists and language teachers who collect and record doctor-patient conversations in our mother tongue while taking past medical history. Following the recording, the conversations are transcribed, segmented and according to EU standards texts of A1, A2, B1 (B2 as future intention) levels are worked out, as  foreign medical students arrive with no or very basic Hungarian. Video-recording of the history-taking scenes has been carried out with professional actors to prevent violation of privacy rights. As a next step task-based case studies, as well as check lists, have been designed to provide a professional perspective and to ensure the use of appropriate communication and linguistic tools. The pilot experiments are conducted in blended-learning university courses applying peer-assisted learning. The video-recorded conversations may be used in early beginning phases of language acquisition to enhance motivation, accelerate vocabulary expansion as well as raise diverse cultural awareness of the Hungarian doctor-patient communication that may be very different from the norms of the students’ home country. Provision of behavioural and communicational samples, pronunciation exercises, self-tests and keys enable personal learning, and equip the future doctors with the patient-centred conversational strategies for interviewing the 21st century patients of different ages, sex, background and rac

Interdisciplinary Medical Communication Training at the University of Pécs

[EN] Medical communication training is being challenged to meet the demands of a more internationalized world. As a result, interdisciplinary simulation-based education is designed to advance clinical skill development, specifically in doctor-patient interactions. The Standardized Patient Program has been applied in American Medical Schools since the 1960s, implementing patient profiles based on authentic cases. At the University of Pécs, Medical School in Hungary, this model is being adapted to facilitate improving patient-interviewing, problem-solving, and medical reporting skills. The interdisciplinary program operates in Hungarian, German and English languages, utilizing actors to perform as simulated patients under the close observation of medical specialists and linguists. This innovative course is designed to train students to successfully collect patient histories while navigating medical, linguistic, emotional, and socio-cultural complexities of patients. Experts in medicine and language assess student performance, offering feedback and providing individualized training that students might improve their professional and communicative competencies. This paper examines how this interdisciplinary course provides valuable opportunities for more efficient patient-oriented communication practices. Through responding to medical emergencies, miscommunications, and conflicts in a safe environment, medical students prepare to deal with a diverse patient context, that more qualified and empathetic health personnel may be employed throughout clinics worldwide. Keywords: interdisciplinary simulation-based education, doctor-patient interaction, MediSkillsLab, medical history taking, language for specific purposes competenciesEklics, K.; Kárpáti, E.; Cathey, R.; Lee, A.; Koppán, Á. (2019). Interdisciplinary Medical Communication Training at the University of Pécs. En HEAD'19. 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 695-702. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAD19.2019.9443OCS69570

Introduction to the Pécs Model: Innovation in Teaching Medical History Taking

[EN] Among clinical skills, doctor-patient communication is considered a high priority in establishing the proper diagnosis. Therefore, our team at the Department of Languages for Specific Purposes at the University of Pécs, Medical School (UPMS) has designed an educational model to improve these fundamental skills. Our primary objective is to share these innovative practices with others. Peer-tutoring history taking courses are offered to international students assisted byHungarian senior students, as well as digitally available educational materials. The latter is based on authentic doctor-patient conversations (video-recordings in Hungarian) while acquiring the patient’s history. Following video recording, EU standardized texts from A1 to B2 levels are implemented including task-based case studies and check-lists to ensure the use of authentic communication. The scene for pilot experimentation is a university course with blended-learning methods; the video-recorded conversations are used in class, followed by hospital-based practice to promote motivation and increase cultural awareness. Aligned with the current general orientation of modern linguistics, we believe context-based language courses may better prepare physiciansfor interviewing their patientsin the 21st century.Koppán, Á.; Eklicsné Lepenye, K.; Halász, R.; Sebők, J.; Molnár, G. (2015). Introduction to the Pécs Model: Innovation in Teaching Medical History Taking. En 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCES (HEAD' 15). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 620-625. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd15.2015.52862062

A színész mint szimulált páciens az oktatásban a Pécsi Tudományegyetemen | Actor as a simulated patient in medical education at the University of Pécs

Absztrakt: Bevezetés: A XXI. századi orvosképzés kihívásaira adott egyik válasz a szimulációs oktatás, amely hozzájárul az orvostanhallgatók klinikai készségeinek hatékony fejlesztéséhez, csökkentve a klinikusok és a kórházi betegek terheit. Célkitűzés: A Pécsi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Karán létrehoztunk egy szimulációs oktatási programot a MediSkillsLab intézményén belül, ahol célul tűztük ki az orvostanhallgatók anamnézisfelvételi és szakmai kommunikációs készségeinek interdiszciplináris formában történő hatékony fejlesztését. Módszer: A kurzust a korábbi évek magyar orvosi szaknyelvi oktatása során szerzett tapasztalataink mellett nemzetközi példák felhasználásával hívtuk életre. Módszerül az Amerikában már az 1960-as években elterjedt Standardized Patient Programot választottuk. Eredmények: Az újdonság egyrészt a program hazai, elsőkénti bevezetésében, másrészt interdiszciplinárissá tételében rejlik. Az órákon szakorvosok, nyelvészek, színész-páciensek és orvostanhallgatók együttműködésével fejlődik a hallgatók szakmai, szaknyelvi és kommunikációs kompetenciája. Következtetés: A kurzust teljesítő diákokkal készített interjúk megerősítik a módszer létjogosultságát, amelynek eredményeként a betegekkel eredményesebben kommunikáló orvosok kezdhetik meg klinikai munkájukat. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(26): 1022–1027. | Abstract: Introduction: Medical training in the 21st century faces simulation-based education as one of the challenges that efficiently contributes to clinical skills development while moderating the burden on the clinicians and patients alike. Aim: The University of Pécs, Medical School has launched a simulation program in the MediSkillsLab based on history taking with actors to improve patient interviewing communication skills. Method: This new program was inspired by experiences gathered in previous medical language teaching and integrates the method of the “Standardized Patient Program”. The method has been applied in America since the 1960s. Results: This is the first time the program has been introduced in Hungary and implemented in an interdisciplinary design, where medical specialists, linguists, actor-patients and medical students collaborate to improve professional, language and communicative competence of the students. Conclusion: A course like this has its pivotal role in the medical training, and as a result more efficient and patient-oriented communication may take place at the clinical setting. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(26): 1022–1027