ERIC Number: EJ1381242
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-718X
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Using Authentic Doctor-Patient Consultations in Improving Communication Skills
Yeh, Meng; Hsu, Wei-li
Foreign Language Annals, v56 n2 p428-452 Sum 2023
This study investigates the effect of an instructional design for medical Chinese, which incorporates research findings from Conversation Analysis (CA) and uses authentic doctor-patient consultations in primary-care visits as teaching materials. The goal of the instruction is to develop students' interpersonal communicative competence in medical settings, especially doctor-patient consultations. Twelve pre-med college students in the course "Chinese for Healthcare Professions" participated in this study. They first participated in five 50-min classes using a chapter from a medical Chinese textbook. Then, they participated in an additional set of five 50-min instructional sessions introducing CA-informed instruction using authentic consultations. The pedagogical effects were measured with paired roleplays administered at three different times: at the beginning of the course, after the regular instruction sessions, and, finally, after the CA-informed instructional period. The results show that the CA-informed instruction for using authentic doctor-patient consultations has a positive effect on improving students' communicative performance in simulated medical settings.
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Physician Patient Relationship, Primary Health Care, Instructional Design, Medical Evaluation, Chinese, Instructional Materials, Communicative Competence (Languages), Health Personnel, Languages for Special Purposes, Medical Education, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Role Playing, Textbooks, Skill Development
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