Anne-Marie Brady, Jennifer Fortune, Ahmed Hassan Ali, Geraldine Prizeman, Wing Ting To, Grainne Courtney, Kama Stokes, Miriam Roche
Multidisciplinary user experience of a newly implemented electronic patient record in Ireland: An exploratory qualitative study
International journal of medical informatics
increasing availability immediate patient access pathology reports imperative physicians equipped discuss pathology reports patients validated measures exist assess pathology report findings communicated patient encounters pilot scoring rubric evaluating medical students communication pathology reports standardized patients rubric iteratively developed using pathology competencies medical education accreditation council graduate medical education pathology residency milestones brief training third fourthyear medical students completed 2 standardized patient encounters presenting simulated benign malignant pathology reports encounters video recorded scored 2 pathologists calculate overall itemspecific interrater reliability students recognized need pathology report teaching lacking medical curriculum interrater agreement high malignant report scores intraclass correlation coefficient 065 negligible benign reports intraclass correlation coefficient 0 malignant reports items demonstrated good interrater agreement except discussing block cassette summary explaining purpose pathology report acknowledging uncertainty participating students n 9 felt training valuable given limited prior exposure pathology reports pilot study demonstrates feasibility using structured rubric assess communication pathology reports patients findings also provide scalable example training pathology report communication incorporated undergraduate medical curriculum equip physicians facilitate patients understanding pathology reports