Table 2.
Primary Outcome of the Intervention Group (CST-behav): Observed communication performance of students evaluated by blinded raters
Pre (SD) | Post (SD) | Pa | ESb | |
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Global rating | 1.56 (1.21) | 2.59 (0.92) | 0.000 | 0.94 |
Start of conversation | 2.06 (1.10) | 1.79 (0.77) | 1.93 | −0.28 |
Patient’s perception | 2.56 (0.96) | 2.97 (0.72) | 0.063 | 0.48 |
Structure of conversation | 1.96 (1.28) | 2.65 (0.92) | 0.009 | 0.61 |
Patient’s emotions | 1.66 (1.32) | 3.10 (0.89) | 0.000 | 1.26 |
End of conversation | 1.52 (1.02) | 2.34 (0.94) | 0.003 | 0.82 |
General communication skills | 2.28 (0.79) | 2.75 (0.72) | 0.007 | 0.62 |
Mean values incl. SD and p-value of each checklist domain on 5 point Likert scale, before and after training plus the effect sizes (ES)
a t-test for dependent variables
b Effect sizes by Hedges g