Effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for the management of dental anxiety

British Dental Journal

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-107

  Van Der Molen, H T ^a   Klaver, A A M ^a   Duyx, M P M A ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SKILL; STUDENT; TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 1542319930     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810907     Document Type: Article

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