J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2018;15:5. 10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.5.

Formative feedback from the first-person perspective using Google Glass in a family medicine objective structured clinical examination station in the United States

• Youm J
• Wiechmann

• KMID: 2439261
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.5

Abstract

PURPOSE
This case study explored the use of Google Glass in a clinical examination scenario to capture the first-person perspective of a standardized patient as a way to provide formative feedback on students' communication and empathy skills "˜through the patient's eyes.'
METHODS
During a 3-year period between 2014 and 2017, third-year students enrolled in a family medicine clerkship participated in a Google Glass station during a summative clinical examination. At this station, standardized patients wore Google Glass to record an encounter focused on communication and empathy skills "˜through the patient's eyes.' Students completed an online survey using a 4-point Likert scale about their perspectives on Google Glass as a feedback tool (N= 255).
RESULTS
We found that the students' experiences with Google Glass "˜through the patient's eyes' were largely positive and that students felt the feedback provided by the Google Glass recording to be helpful. Although a third of the students felt that Google Glass was a distraction, the majority believed that the first-person perspective recordings provided an opportunity for feedback that did not exist before.
CONCLUSION
Continuing exploration of first-person perspective recordings using Google Glass to improve education on communication and empathy skills is warranted.

Keyword

Google Glass; Formative feedback; Medical education; Communication; United States

MeSH Terms

Education
Education, Medical
Empathy
Formative Feedback*
Glass*
Humans
United States*

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  Fig. 1. (A–C) ‘Through the patient’s eyes’ in the family medicine clerkship objective structured clinical examination. Written consent received from the student whos face appears above. A sample of a Google Glass video recording can be found in Supplement 1.

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