• Eva Neumann, Rainer Obliers, Christine Schiessl, Christoph Stosch, and Christian Albus.
• University of Cologne, Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Cologne, Germany. eva.neumann@uni-duesseldorf.de
• GMS Z Med Ausbild. 2011 Jan 1; 28 (4): Doc56.

ObjectiveSimulations of doctor-patient interactions have become a popular method for the training of medical skills, primarily communication skills. A new questionnaire for the measurement of students' satisfaction with medical courses using this technique is presented, the Student Evaluation Scale for Medical Courses with Simulations of the Doctor-Patient Interaction (SES-Sim).MethodA set of items focusing on the course quality and the core elements of simulations was created and presented to 220 medical students who had been trained with this method.ResultsBased on factor-analyses 18 items were selected for the final version of the scale, which represent five dimensions: learning success, actors, premises, tutors and students. The five dimensions are all significantly correlated with a 1-item-measure of the general satisfaction with the course.ConclusionThe SES-Sim enables tutors to assess in an economic way whether the course has met the students' needs and what can be done better.

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