Teaching medical students the important connection between communication and clinical reasoning

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1108-1113

  Windish, Donna M ^a,d   Price, Eboni G ^b   Clever, Sarah L ^c   Magaziner, Jeffrey L ^c   Thomas, Patricia A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Communication skills; Feedback; Medical education (undergraduate); Reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 30944444957     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0244.x     Document Type: Article

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