2024
When Play Reveals the Ache: Introducing Co-constructive Patient Simulation for Narrative Practitioners in Medical Education
Weller I, Spiegel M, de Carvalho Filho M, Martin A. When Play Reveals the Ache: Introducing Co-constructive Patient Simulation for Narrative Practitioners in Medical Education. Journal Of Medical Humanities 2024, 45: 243-265. PMID: 38635152, DOI: 10.1007/s10912-023-09837-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Learning About and Destigmatizing Substance Use Disorders: a Video-Based Educational Module Using Simulated Patients
Fuehrlein B, Hochschild A, Goldman M, Amsalem D, Chilton J, Martin A. Learning About and Destigmatizing Substance Use Disorders: a Video-Based Educational Module Using Simulated Patients. Academic Psychiatry 2021, 46: 342-346. PMID: 34751939, PMCID: PMC8577171, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01559-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersUse disordersTreatment of patientsPrimary outcomeMedical disordersSame clinicianClinical scenariosPatientsEducational moduleMethodsThe authorsSynchronous videoconferencingDisordersSimulated patientsObjectiveThe authorsSecond-year medical studentsAlcoholics AnonymousScoresMedical studentsSUDMeasurable changesCliniciansBaselineDelivering Difficult News: Simulation-Enhanced Training Improves Psychiatry Residents' Clinical Communication Skills
Amsalem D, Martin A, Mosheva M, Soul O, Korotkin L, Ziv A, Gothelf D, Gross R. Delivering Difficult News: Simulation-Enhanced Training Improves Psychiatry Residents' Clinical Communication Skills. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2021, 12: 649090. PMID: 33746804, PMCID: PMC7973022, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.649090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunication skillsSubjective senseTraining daysSelf-report questionnairesParticipants' communication skillsMean communication scoreDifficult newsClinical communication skillsParticipants' subjective senseTraining moduleMental health disordersShort scenariosSimulated interviewsSimulated patientsCommunication scoresPsychiatric residentsProfessional actorsSimulation sessionsTake-home assignmentsSkillsEffective teaching methodsHealth disordersIndependent evaluatorsSelf-confidence questionnaireClinical skills
2020
The Mental Status Exam: An Online Teaching Exercise Using Video-Based Depictions by Simulated Patients
Martin A, Jacobs A, Krause R, Amsalem D. The Mental Status Exam: An Online Teaching Exercise Using Video-Based Depictions by Simulated Patients. MedEdPORTAL 2020, 16: 10947. PMID: 32875093, PMCID: PMC7450674, DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental status examUndergraduate medical educationObsessive-compulsive disorderPhysical examClinical dataPsychiatric signsBipolar disorderScoring toolPatientsEntrustable professional activitiesSimulated patientsClinical psychiatryVideo clipsExerciseDisordersIncremental numberExamMedical educationExperienced learnersOnline exercisesTeaching exerciseProfessional activityVolunteer studentsEducational complementShort video clips