Shared Decision Making - A Key Competence of All Health Care Professionals. Evaluation and Adaptation of a Digitally Enhanced Learning and Teaching Unit

Linda Sanftenberg; Flora Kuehne; Karoline Lukaschek; Karin Meissner; Jochen Gensichen

doi:10.1080/21614083.2021.1987119

Shared Decision Making - A Key Competence of All Health Care Professionals. Evaluation and Adaptation of a Digitally Enhanced Learning and Teaching Unit

J Eur CME. 2021 Nov 11;10(1):1987119. doi: 10.1080/21614083.2021.1987119. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Linda Sanftenberg¹, Flora Kuehne¹, Karoline Lukaschek¹, Karin Meissner², Jochen Gensichen¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Division of Integrative Health Promotion, Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Coburg, Germany.

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic induced a radical shift towards digitally enhanced learning and teaching (DELT). Success of this adaptation depended on how much DELT had been provided before. The Bavarian Virtual University (BVU) is a university network to fund, promote and support DELT. The Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich as a part of this network implemented the DELT course "Shared decision making (SDM) - a part of evidence-based medicine" in 2015. Based on regular evaluations and due to the latest developments, a media-didactic and content-related adaptation will be conducted now. Clinical cases will be embedded in a framework structure of SDM. Videos, podcasts and literature of doctor-patient interaction will be provided. To enable different health care professions to have a positive learning experience, the course will be linguistically adapted. The interaction between students and teacher will be enhanced by a transparent distribution of tasks and an issue-specific chat forum. SDM is an interdisciplinary general concept. With regard to the academization of different health care professions, the demand for DELT will increase. However, medical competencies can`t be taught fully online, since face-to-face patient interaction is mandatory. Communication skills can be practiced theoretically but have to be applied in reality.

Keywords: Medical education; digitally enhanced learning and teaching; health care professionals; shared decision making; virtual learning environment.