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Challenges and recommendations in the implementation of audiovisual telemedicine communication: a systematic review
Imelda Ritunga, Mora Claramita, Sandra Widaty, Hardyanto Soebono
Korean J Med Educ 2024;36(3):315-326.
Published online August 29, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2024.305
This systematic review aims to identify the elements of doctor-patient communication in telemedicine, emerging challenges, and proposed recommendations. Four databases, including Science Direct, PubMed, Cochrane, and ProQuest, were searched using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The inclusion criteria consisted of original research papers, availability of free full text, and publications during the past 10 years. A total of 13 articles completed the selection process and satisfied the established criteria. The issues and recommendations of telemedicine communication were categorized into three distinct groups: pre-consultation, during-consultation, and post-consultation. Preparation encompasses the arranging of visual elements, safeguarding patient privacy and confidentiality, and addressing any technical challenges that may arise. The consultation encompasses nonverbal behavior, empathy, the doctor-patient connection, and a physical examination. Post-telemedicine consultations refer to medical appointments that occur after a telemedicine session, typically involving follow-up medical interactions. Telemedicine presents unique challenges in doctor-patient consultations that differ from face-to-face interactions. Therefore, clinicians must acquire communication skills specific to telemedicine to ensure effective consultations and achieve optimal health results.

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    PLOS One.2026; 21(7): e0351885.     CrossRef
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    Ard J. van Oosten, Mina Maharadjdin, Roland W. B. Blonk, Alex Burdorf, Bea Tiemens, Tatchalerm Sudhipongpracha
    PLOS One.2026; 21(10): e0357885.     CrossRef
  • Use and Acceptance of Innovative Digital Health Solutions Among Patients and Professionals: Survey Study
    Fritz Seidl, Florian Hinterwimmer, Ferdinand Vogt, Günther M Edenharter, Karl F Braun, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Peter Biberthaler, Dominik Pförringer
    JMIR Human Factors.2025; 12: e60779.     CrossRef
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Original Research

Purpose
Team-based learning in medical education facilitates the formation of interpersonal relationships, enhances academic achievement, and establishes future clinical connections. Despite medical schools’ distinct educational environments and curricula, research investigating students’ learning and behavioral characteristics within this context remains limited. This study aimed to investigate the specific characteristics of interpersonal relationship formation among freshmen medical students in team-based learning activities.
Methods
Focus group interviews were conducted with 11 students who participated in a team-based class held during the first semester of the premedical year.
Results
Medical students passively expressed their thoughts and feelings, such as active sympathy for the team’s opinions and self-censorship of SNS (social networking service) conversations. When performing team activities, students were excessively conscious of others and focused on evenly dividing their work, minimizing their opinions, and fulfilling their share to prevent potential interpersonal conflicts. Interpersonal activities were only superficial, as students intentionally maintained a certain distance from team members or used team activities as an opportunity to accumulate relational capital.
Conclusion
The results of this study are expected to provide a useful basis for designing and conducting team activity classes to enhance interpersonal relationship formation.

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  • Progressive muscle relaxation in pandemic times: bolstering medical student resilience through IPRMP and Gagne's model
    Bhavana Nair, Sara Khan, Nerissa Naidoo, Shirin Jannati, Balamohan Shivani, Yajnavalka Banerjee
    Frontiers in Psychology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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Original Article

The characteristics of medical students' personality types and interpersonal needs
Yera Hur, A-Ra Cho, Sun Kim
Korean J Med Educ 2013;25(4):309-316.
Published online December 31, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2013.25.4.309
PURPOSE
Medical students' personality types and interpersonal needs must be considered. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of personality types and interpersonal needs.
METHODS
A total of 171 students in Konyang University College of Medicine were examined using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B). The data were analyzed by frequency analysis, t-test, and one-sample proportion test.
RESULTS
The proportion of the 4 pairs of MBTI dimensions were Extroversion (E)-Introversion (I) (53.2% vs. 46.8%), Sensing (S)-Intuition (N) (63.2% vs. 36.8%), Thinking (T)-Feeling (F) (59.7% vs. 40.4%), and Judging (J)-Perceiving (P) (56.1% vs. 43.9%). The predominant personality types were ISTJ (16.4%), ESTJ (14.0%), and ESFJ (10.5%). The level of interpersonal needs were medium rage that was inclusion (mean=8.1), control (mean=8.8), affection (mean=8.1), expressed behavior (mean=12.1), wanted behavior (mean=12.9), and overall interpersonal needs (mean=25.0). Of the basic social needs, males and females differed significantly with regard to control needs (p=0.028).
CONCLUSION
Educational programs that take into account personality types and characteristics of interpersonal needs are crucial in providing effective medical education. Our results suggest that the characteristics of personality types and interpersonal needs should be considered in developing an interpersonal relations improvement program for medical students.

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  • Personality type profiles of medical students and their differences by gender, age, and academic level in Korea: a cross-sectional study
    Yera Hur, Sanghee Yeo
    Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions.2026; 23: 7.     CrossRef
  • Medical students admitted solely by grade point average show a narrow but highly prosocial personality profile
    Lena Kristin Bache-Mathiesen, Torbjørn Moum, Reidar Tyssen, Jarle Breivik
    BMC Medical Education.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • The Myers-Briggs type indicator association with United States medical student performance, demographics, and career values
    Henry Krasner, Leah Yim, Edward Simanton
    BMC Medical Education.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • How do medical students differ in their interpersonal needs?
    Yera Hur, A Ra Cho, Sun Huh, Sun Kim
    BMC Medical Education.2017;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Research trends in studies of medical students’ characteristics: a scoping review
    Sung Soo Jung, Kwi Hwa Park, HyeRin Roh, So Jung Yune, Geon Ho Lee, Kyunghee Chun
    Korean Journal of Medical Education.2017; 29(3): 137.     CrossRef
  • The relationship between dental graduate students’ MBTI types and academic achievement in problem-based learning
    Min-Jin Kim, Kyung-Pyo Park, Deog-Gyu Seo, Jung-Joon Ihm
    Korean Journal of Medical Education.2014; 26(4): 291.     CrossRef
  • How can medical students' rapport formation and communication skill be improved?
    Sun Huh
    Korean Journal of Medical Education.2013; 25(4): 261.     CrossRef
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Differences in Attitude Toward Patient-centeredness in Patients and Physicians
Min-Jeong Kim
Korean J Med Educ 2013;25(2):149-156.
Published online June 30, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2013.25.2.149
PURPOSE
There have been studies on the patient-centeredness of medical students and physicians in South Korea, but no result has presented the patient-centered attitude of patients and doctors. So, this study intended to compare the attitudes of patients and doctors toward the roles that patients and physicians should play in the health care process.
METHODS
One hundred and fifteen doctors and 264 patients participated in this survey using a structured questionnaire, including sociodemographic data and Patient Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS). The PPOS comprises sharing (sharing information, take part in decision making) and caring (respecting one's feelings, interpersonal relationships) subscales.
RESULTS
The PPOS scores of the doctors and patient were 3.02 and 3.20. In detail, the doctors' sharing and caring scores were and 3.02 and 3.48, and the those of patients were 3.14 and 3.12, respectively. This results are enough to demonstrate that patients are likely to be patient-centered with regard to sharing and that doctors tend to be patient-centered in terms of caring.
CONCLUSION
The patients' desire to obtain medical information and take part in decision making (sharing) are greater than those of doctors. Doctors had more patient-centered attitude than patients in terms of respects for one's feelings and interpersonal relationships (caring).

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    So Jung Yune, Seung Hee Kang, Kwihwa Park
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    Yera Hur, A Ra Cho, Chang Jin Choi
    Korean Journal of Medical Education.2017; 29(1): 33.     CrossRef
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    Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2017; 23(5): 504.     CrossRef
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    BMJ Open.2017; 7(9): e016902.     CrossRef
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    Korean Journal of Medical Education.2013; 25(2): 73.     CrossRef
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Review

Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medical Education
Eunbae Yang
Korean J Med Educ 2008;20(2):99-107.
Published online June 30, 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2008.20.2.99
The purpose of this study is to review communication skills education in medical education. This analysis looks at the reasons why communication skills education is difficult and how to design an effective curriculum for communication skills education. Problems in communication skills education are discussed, especially in relation to the complexity of the communication between patients and physicians, the changing of the communication model, and curriculum composition. Findings show that it is necessary to design a spiral curriculum for communication skills education, to harmonize theory and practice of communication, to encourage student participation, and to provide feedback to students. To educate communication skills, this paper concludes, professors in charge of communication skills education must seriously consider their teaching and evaluating methods and practice what they teach.

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    Yong-Keum Choi, Soo-Myoung Bae, Bo-Mi Shin, Jung-Hui Son, Deok-Young Park, Jin-Sun Choi
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    Misun Ju, Jiyeong Hwang, Jaemyung Kim, Jeaku Kang
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Original Article
Medical Students' Attitudes Toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship
Jaehyun Park
Korean J Med Educ 2007;19(3):215-223.
Published online September 30, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2007.19.3.215
PURPOSE
This study investigated the attitudes of medical students toward physicians and the roles which the doctors and patients should play in the health care process.
METHODS
Attitudes toward the patient-doctor relationship of 436 medical students of the K university in Seoul were measured using the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale(PPOS), a validated instruments designed to measure individual preferences toward various aspects of the patient-doctor relationship. The PPOS was composed of Sharing(sharing information, take part in decision making) and Caring(respect one's feelings, interpersonal relationship) subscale. Total PPOS scores can range from patient-centered(egalitarian, whole person oriented) to disease- or doctor-centered(paternalistic, less attuned to psychosocial issues). Socio-demographic data including gender, age, school year, marital status, undergraduate major, student's and her/his family medical background and specialty choice were collected and it was investigated the possible impact of socio-demographic factors on students' attitudes.
RESULTS
The PPOS score was 3.82. The Sharing and Caring scores were 3.74 and 3.90, respectively. Female gender and students of graduate entry program were significantly associated with patient-centered attitudes. Age, school year, marital status, academic background, student's and her/his family medical background, and specialty choice did not show significant associations with PPOS scores.
CONCLUSION
Female and graduate students showed more patient-centered attitudes than male and undergraduate students, respectively. Given the emphasis placed on patient-centered care in the current medical environment, our results suggest further research to explore the dynamics in medical education that may foster or inhibit student attitudes toward patient-centered care.

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A Study on How Young Doctors and Patients Perceive the Doctor-patient Relationship
Sowon Ahn, Young-Mee Lee, Duck-Sun Ahn
Korean J Med Educ 2006;18(3):279-287.
Published online December 31, 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2006.18.3.279
PURPOSE
We specifically investigated the young doctor (residents) patient doctor-patient relationship in Korea. A society built on Confucianism, age is expected to affect even the doctor-patient relationship.
METHODS
57 residents participated and answered 6 open-ended questions. 90 patients of various age participated and answered 3 open-ended and 6 close-ended questions.
RESULTS
It seems that the general problem of the doctor-patient relationships was related to attitudes and communication skills. Over 80% of the residents felt uncomfortable and received inappropriate verbal expressions and attitudes from their patients simply because they were young or younger than the patients. This negative experience resulted mostly from the residents' self-perceived lack of experience and clinical competence and the patients' distrust of young doctors. As for the patients, over 80% preferred middle-aged doctors to young doctors. Middleaged doctors were thought to be easier to understand, better mannered, more humane, and clinically competent. Most residents expected professional respect from their patients, while patients expected kindness and humility from the young doctors. This shows a gap in the reciprocal expectations between residents and patients.
CONCLUSION
Young doctors are perceived as inexperienced and incompetent and, consequently, not trusted by patients in Korea. To improve the resident-patient relationship, improvement in attitude and communication skills is needed.

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Patient-Centeredness Associated with Personality Traits of Medical Students
Seok Woo Moon, Beom Woo Nam, Jeong Seok Seo, Eun Jeong Ryu, Hyuk Jung Kweon, In Ki Sohn, Woong Hahm
Korean J Med Educ 2006;18(1):77-85.
Published online April 30, 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2006.18.1.77
PURPOSE
The patient-centered attitude is an effort to understand patients themselves as well as their disease. The doctor-oriented approach has been shifting to one where patients and participate in the deciding of medical service. We performed this study to investigate the patient-centeredness and influencing variables associated with personality traits.
METHODS
We recruited 94 medical students before their psychiatric clinical clerkship, and all subjects were assessed by a structured questionnaire including socio-demographic data, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI), Meyers-Briggs type indicator(MBTI), the patient-practitioner Orientation Scale(PPOS), and the Authoritarian Personality scale(AP), The AP and PPOS questionnaires were repeated after the psychiatric clinical clerkship.
RESULTS
After the psychiatric clinical clerkship, the AP scores were significantly lower than before, and the PPOS significantly higher than before. The change in the AP scores were related to MBTI, correlated with MMPI subscales, however, inversely correlated with the changes in PPOS after the clinical clerkship.
CONCLUSION
The authoritarian personality trait was related to, not only the personality trait including MBTI and MMPI subscales, but also to patient-centeredness in medical students.

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