Communication skills competencies: Definitions and a teaching toolbox

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 624-629

  Rider, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Keefer, Constance H ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

*communication; Clinical competence *standards; Curriculum; Physician patient relations; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; TEACHING;

EID: 33748553036     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02500.x     Document Type: Article

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