BMC Medical Education

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Training simulated patients: evaluation of a training approach using self-assessment and peer/tutor feedback to improve performance

Jennifer Perera1*, Joachim Perera2, Juriah Abdullah3 and Nagarajah Lee4

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Pathology and Chairperson of Medical Education Research group on student learning, International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2 Department of Human Biology and chairman of the Medical Education Research group on assessments, IMU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3 Department of Clinical Sciences, Coordinator Clinical Skills Unit, IMU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 Department of Community Medicine, IMU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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BMC Medical Education 2009, 9:37 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-9-37

Published: 29 June 2009

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Additional file 1:

Modified MaSP instrument. The modified MaSP instrument was used by reviewers to evaluate SP performance pre and post training.

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Additional file 2:

Questionnaire used for determining SP perceptions on training method. Instrument used for evaluation of SP perceptions on the training programme

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