标题：Effectiveness of a Clinically Relevant Educational Program for Improving Medical Communication and Clinical Skills of International Medical Graduates
摘要：Background: To assess the efficacy of a 16 week, intensive, full-time medical communication and clinical skills educational program – Medical Communication Assessment Project (M-CAP) – at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta for improving medical communication, clinical skills and professionalism of international medical graduates (IMGs). There is an 8 week didactic course (language instructors, standardized clinical case scenarios) and an 8 week supervised clinical placement.Method: In Study 1, 39 IMGs (mean age = 35.6) participated in the M-CAP program and were assessed in English language proficiency in a pre- post-test design and on an in training evaluation report (ITER) by practicum physicians. In Study 2, there were 235 IMGs (mean age = 39.2). In addition to the pre- post-test design, there was a comparison group analysis on OSCE data employing multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Pre- post-test data were also collected on ITERs during the practicum as was IMG reported program efficacy data.
