Role-play for medical students learning about communication: Guidelines for maximising benefits

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nestel, Debra ^a   Tierney, Tanya ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33947318643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-7-3     Document Type: Article

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