The missing curriculum: Experience with emotional competence education and training for premedical and medical students

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1280-1287

  Flowers, Loma K ^a,b  

^a University of California San Francisco ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Emotional competence; Medical student education; Stress reduction; Underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MINORITY GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344442388     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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