Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Oct 23, 2024
Date Accepted: May 30, 2025
The Digital Library of healthcare consultations and simulated healthcare student teaching: protocol for a repository of recordings to support communication research
ABSTRACT
Background:
Miscommunication in healthcare is a critical source of poor health outcomes, complaints about healthcare professionals and poor patient satisfaction. Recordings from real-life consultations provide a valuable source of data for communication research and education. Additionally, recordings from simulation based education of healthcare students can provide valuable data for healthcare education research.
Objective:
The Digital Library is a data repository supporting high quality healthcare communication research. This is the single-source citation for all projects that utilise the Digital Library.
Methods:
This protocol outlines the logistics and consent process for recording and safely storing the recordings of healthcare consultations and simulation based education. The processes are outlined for primary healthcare settings, healthcare educational settings and for healthcare narratives from consumers. The repository will be used to answer research questions about healthcare communication and provide a valuable education resource in healthcare education in Australia.
Results:
The Digital Library was funded by the National Centre *** in 2024. As of November 2024, there are 100 recordings stored in the library. Recordings are being actively stored in the Library.
Conclusions:
The research that utilises this repository will be shared through regular academic channels as well as the community based dissemination strategies of the National Centre***. Clinical Trial: NA
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