Working with Indigenous Simulated Patients in Extended Communication Skills Workshops

Dr Eleanor FlynnShaun Ewen

Dr Jenny SchwarzFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Page Title / heading goes hereBackground

5th or final year medical students (6 yr program)

RAPP rotation (Rehabilitation, Aged Care, Palliative Care, Psychiatry of Old Age)

• Communication; breaking bad news, discussing death

• Chronic disease management

• Challenging communication issues

Page Title / heading goes hereSimulated Patient Workshop

“Patients” are urban Indigenous simulated patients with diabetes

Not happy with the hospital system

Or the information given previously

Page Title / heading goes hereSimulated Patient Workshop

Objective:Upon completion of interview, for patient to feel that they have been listened to

Patient wants answers to questions about diabetes management

Page Title / heading goes hereChallenges

•9 am Monday morning

•Sustainability - Actors

- Facilitators

•Student engagement

Page Title / heading goes hereEducational Integration

•Connected with previous communication skills?

•Connected with Indigenous curriculum?

•Context

Page Title / heading goes hereFuture Plans

•Strengthen Indigenous curriculum in clinical years

•Acknowledge centrality of community engagement in medical education

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