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G E Riggs

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PubMed1984

The use of trained patient instructors for teaching and assessing rheumatologic care.

The training of professionals in rheumatologic care requires review and study. To improve teaching methods, 6 patients with stable rheumatic disease were trained to evaluate and teach medical students by using themselves as models for musculoskeletal examinations. Checklists for scoring performance and content were developed. Criteria established to give evidence of the validity of the checklists and of the reliability of the patient instructors in their scoring were met or exceeded. The patient instructors are now an integral part of the Preparation for Clinical Medicine curriculum at our institution and serve as resources for evaluation and teaching in the continuing education of practicing professionals.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗
PubMed1982

Impact of intensive education and interaction with health professionals on patient instructors.

The use of patients as instructors in teaching medical students and physicians the musculoskeletal examination has proven to be an effective method of learning. However, the effect on the patient instructors (PIs) of their intensive training and the numerous physical examinations made of them has been unknown. In this study, eight patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis were given the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Assessment (TJTA) when they were recruited as PIs and every six months thereafter for two years. Individual interviews focusing on the changes taking place in the patient instructors' lives were also conducted. Three PIs left the program early in their training. Observed changes in TJTA scores were frequently positive for the five who remained in the study. Interview results indicate positive changes in terms of confidence, competence, and emotional stability. All five PIs have continued in their role as PIs and have also expanded into other responsibilities. It is concluded that the patient instructor program was certainly not harmful to the individual PIs and, in fact, was mostly beneficial to them as well as to physicians and medical students.

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