Communication skills assessment: The perceptions of medical students at the University of Nottingham

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 868-878

  Rees, Charlotte ^a   Sheard, Charlotte ^b   McPherson, Amy ^b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Communication; Education, medical, undergraduate standards; Educational measurement; England; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER REVIEW; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036400592     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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