How (and why) to employ simulated patients with intellectual disabilities

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Thacker, A ^a   Crabb, N ^a   Perez, W ^a   Raji, O ^a   Hollins, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SIMULATION; SOCIAL CARE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

EID: 33847772455     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2007.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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