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. 1988 May;22(3):193-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1988.tb00006.x.

Teaching clinical skills to medical students: the use of simulated patients and videotaping in general practice

B R McAvoy  1
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Teaching clinical skills to medical students: the use of simulated patients and videotaping in general practice

B R McAvoy. Med Educ. 1988 May.

Abstract

This paper describes the use of simulated patients in a problem-based teaching programme designed to develop the clinical skills of medical students during a 5-week course in general practice in the University of Leicester. The logistics of training and the advantages of using simulated patients are discussed. Simulated patients are practicable and acceptable in a United Kingdom medical school, and the reaction of students to their use is favourable.

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