Communication skills training early in the medical curriculum: The UAE experience

Medical Teacher

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Harrison, A ^a,b   Glasgow, N ^a   Townsend, T ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; SKILL; TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0029990369     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421599609040260     Document Type: Article

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