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Mental Status Examination Training for Medical Students: the Development of an Educational Video Library with Authentic Patients

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Acknowledgements

The Center for Online and Blended Learning, UCPH, helped us with recording technique and editing. We particularly appreciate the willingness of the participating patients.

Funding Sources

The production of the video library was supported by means from Trygfonden, Region Zealand Research Foundation and the Clinical Education Development Foundation, Faculty of Health, UCPH.

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  1. Psychiatry West, Slagelse, Region Zealand, University Hospital Copenhagen, Slagelse, Denmark

    Sidse Marie Arnfred, Erica B. Høegh & Cecilie Fog-Petersen

  2. Psychiatry West, Slagelse, Region Zealand Mental Health Service, Slagelse, Denmark

    Maria Gefke & Jessica R. Hansen

  3. Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Ralf Hemmingsen

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Correspondence to Sidse Marie Arnfred.

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Patients participated after informed written consent. The Ethics Board of Faculty of Health, Copenhagen University approved the use of videos with authentic patients for the described educational and research purpose (J.no. 504-0010/17-5000). The described handling and storage of the videos was approved by Region Zealand’s Health Research Data Protection Approval (REG-96-2015) under the auspices of the Danish Data Protection Agency.

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Arnfred, S.M., Gefke, M., Høegh, E.B. et al. Mental Status Examination Training for Medical Students: the Development of an Educational Video Library with Authentic Patients. Acad Psychiatry 42, 432–433 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-018-0913-7

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