Patient assessment of surgeons' interpersonal skills. A tool for appraisal and revalidation

Clinical Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-216

  Al Shawi, A K ^a   MacEachern, A G ^a   Greco, M J ^b  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpersonal skills; Patients; Perception; Performance appraisal; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23844507770     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270510612857     Document Type: Article

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