Can a web-based curriculum improve students' knowledge of, and attitudes about, the interpreted medical interview?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 929-934

  Kalet, Adina L ^a,c   Mukherjee, Debjani ^a   Felix, Karla ^a   Steinberg, Sarah E ^a   Nachbar, Martin ^b   Lee, Amy ^a   Changrani, Joytsna ^b   Gany, Francesco ^a,b  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Cross cultural communication; Curriculum; Interpreted medical interview; Medical education; Physician patient relation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ETHICIST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAWYER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 28444454919     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0193.x     Document Type: Article

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