Assessing the communication skills of doctors in training: Reliability and sources of error

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-16

  Keen, A J A ^a   Klein, S ^b   Alexander, D A ^b  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Communication skills; Generalisability theory; Junior doctors; Measurement error; Medical education; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REGISTRATION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEOTAPE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0038652112     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022609920310     Document Type: Article

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