Using standardized patients to assess the interpersonal skills of physicians

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Boulet, John R ^a   Ben David, Miriam Friedman ^b   Ziv, Amitai ^b   Burdick, William P ^b   Curtis, Michael ^b   Peitzman, Steve ^b   Gary, Nancy E ^b  

^a Clinical Skills Assessment Program   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031666455     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199810000-00057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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