Internal medicine residents' perceptions of cross-cultural training: Barriers, needs, and educational recommendations

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 476-480

  Park, Elyse R ^a   Betancourt, Joseph R ^a   Miller, Elizabeth ^a   Nathan, Michael ^a   MacDonald, Ellie ^a   Ananeh Firempong II, Owusu ^a   Stone, Valerie E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Communication; Cross cultural; Graduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSTON; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS;

EID: 33745647295     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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