Setting a standard for performance assesment of doctor-patient communication in general practice

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1244-1252

  Hobma, S O ^a   Ram, P M ^a   Muijtjens, A M M ^a   Grol, R P T M ^a   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical competence standards; Communication; Education, medical, continuing *methods; Educational measurement standards; Family practice *education methods; Physician patient relations; Reproducibility of results; Videotape recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION; PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 10644281210     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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