Assessing medical students' attitudes towards learning communication skills - Which components of attitudes do we measure?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Anvik, Tor ^a   Gude, Tore ^b   Grimstad, Hilde ^c   Baerheim, Anders ^d   Fasmer, Ole B ^e   Hjortdahl, Per ^b   Holen, Are ^f   Risberg, Terje ^a   Vaglum, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPRING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34247127859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-7-4     Document Type: Article

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