Abstract
This article details a novel intervention for teaching psychiatric interviewing techniques implemented at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Forty medical students played the newly developed educational game Psychobabble to enhance their assessment of auditory hallucinations. Pre-session and post-session surveys assessed students' inquiry methods, competence, training relevance, and exercise efficacy. Paired t-tests compared pre-session and post-session data. Qualitative analysis identified emergent themes from participant comments. There was an average increase of 12.11 questions between the estimated number of questions (mean = 9.57; SD = 6.00) and the actual number of questions formulated during the game (mean = 21.68; SD = 5.40; p < 0.01). There was a significant increase from the pre-session (mean = 1.82; SD = 0.97) to the post-session (mean = 3.72; SD = 0.76) self-reported competence levels, which more than doubled on average (p < 0.01). The themes that emerged from the qualitative data demonstrate that Psychobabble encourages creativity, broadens assessment methods, has educational significance for learners, and may ultimately lead to improved patient care by enhancing the understanding and diagnosis of psychiatric symptomatology. Medical schools and residency training programs should consider incorporating educational games such as Psychobabble to enhance the interviewing techniques of trainees and their self-efficacy in these skills.
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