Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: A matter of perspective?

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1371-1379

  Brinkman, William B ^a   Geraghty, Sheela R ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Khoury, Jane C ^a   Gonzalez Del Rey, Javier A ^a   DeWitt, Thomas G ^a   Britto, Maria T ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Multisource feedback; Patient doctor communication; Professionalism; Resident education training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSES; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750141799     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3214     Document Type: Article

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