Gender as a variable in the assessment of final year degree-level communication skills

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-137

  Wiskin, Connie M D ^a   Allan, Teresa F ^a   Skelton, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Gender identity; Communication; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate, *methods; Physician patient relations; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542314740     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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