Impact of a new curriculum on medical students' interpersonal and interviewing skills

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-159

  Hook, Karen M ^a   Pfeiffer, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

*curriculum; *writing; Clinical competence *standards; Communication; Education; Humans; Medical; Physician patient relations; Students; Undergraduate *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONNECTICUT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 33846816329     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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