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Teaching the Mental Status Examination to Medical Students by Using a Standardized Patient in a Large Group Setting

Dr. Birndorf is Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Ms. Kaye is Assistant Director of the Clinical Education and Evaluation Center of the Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Address correspondence to Marsha E. Kaye, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Clinical Education and Evaluation Center of the Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Mailbox 22, Chicago, IL 60611-3078. E-mail: m-kaye{at}northwestern.edu

ABSTRACT

The authors describe their recent experience in using a standardized patient (SP) to illustrate the mental status examination (MSE) to 170 second-year medical students in a large classroom setting. An SP was trained to portray a patient with schizophrenia who was interviewed during the MSE lecture. A six-question survey was distributed to the students to evaluate how the students felt about the learning experience. Results show that the majority of students felt that using an SP in a large classroom setting helped them to understand the material better and was a useful teaching tool. Follow-up studies are under way to objectively measure students' integration and retention of the lecture material.

Key Words: Standardized Patients • Medical Students • Mental Status Examination

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