Who should assess medical students' communication skills: Their academic teachers or their patients?

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-421

  Cooper, Chris ^a   Mira, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Communication; Education measurement; Patient simulation; Physicians, family, education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHER; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0031816832     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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