A discourse analysis study of 'good' and 'poor' communication in an OSCE: A proposed new framework for teaching students

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-201

  Roberts, Celia ^a   Wass, Val ^b   Jones, Roger ^b   Sarangi, Srikant ^c   Gillett, Annie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*communication; Clinical competence; Curriculum; Education; Educational measurement; England; Medical undergraduate *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS;

EID: 0037351343     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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