A survey of communication skills training in UK Schools of Medicine: Present practices and prospective proposals

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-34

  Hargie, Owen ^a   Dickson, David ^a   Boohan, Mairead ^b   Hughes, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Communication; Data collection; Education, medical, undergraduate, methods; Great Britain; Physician patient relationship; Schools, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031947665     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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