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Table 1 Items used in evaluating the consultation content.

From: Observed communication skills: how do they relate to the consultation content? A nation-wide study of graduate medical students seeing a standardized patient for a first-time consultation in a general practice setting

Has the student performed/addressed:

  

A. Biomedical diagnoses:

  

1. Myomas (as cause of the irregular bleedings)

□ yes

□ no

2. Low hemoglobin

□ yes

□ no

B. Subjective complaints

  

3. Exhaustion

□ yes

□ no

4. Headache

□ yes

□ no

5. Vertigo

□ yes

□ no

6. Sleep problems

□ yes

□ no

7. Reduced appetite

□ yes

□ no

C. Concern aspects

  

8. Mother dead from uterine cancer

□ yes

□ no

9. Fear of inherited cancer

□ yes

□ no

D. Psychosocial aspects

  

10. Three children

□ yes

□ no

11. All responsibility for them

□ yes

□ no

12. Divorced one year ago

□ yes

□ no

13. Moved to a new place during the last year

□ yes

□ no

14. Exploring the job situation

□ yes

□ no

15. Problems with divorce

□ yes

□ no

E. Informing/planning:

  

Treatment plan (MAAS – 6)

□ yes

□ no

Information (MAAS – 9)

□ yes

□ no