Self-assessment identification of needs and teaching (SAINT) in medicine

Abstract

SAINT is a tool for students to improve that communication skills. It consists of nine hierarchical sets of statements of achievement. Each is associated with suggestions for further learning experiences within the clinical environment. Twenty-nine medical students in their first clinical attachment used this tool after a brief tutorial. SAINT appeared to provoke new insights in about a third of subjects. More than two-thirds were helped to plan their learning.