Development of a standardized patient instructor to teach functional assessment and communication skills to medical students and house officers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1447-1452

  Williams, Brent C ^a,f   Hall, Karen E ^a,b   Supiano, Mark A ^a,b,c,d   Fitzgerald, James T ^a,b,e   Halter, Jeffrey B ^a,b  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f 300 N Ingalls Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Functional assessment; Geriatric; Geriatric assessment; Medical education; Older patient; Standardized patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TRAINING; VALIDITY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33748428583     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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