Strengths and weaknesses in the consultation skills of senior medical students: Identification, enhancement and curricular change

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-443

  Hastings, A M ^a   McKinley, R K ^a   Fraser, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*students, medical; Clinical competence *standards; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *organization administration; England; Humans; Professional practice *standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646062608     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02445.x     Document Type: Article

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