Coming of age as communicators: Differences in the implementation of common communications skills training in four residency programmes

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 441-449

  Razack, Saleem ^a,b   Meterissian, Sarkis ^a   Morin, Lucie ^a   Snell, Linda ^a   Steinert, Yvonne ^a   Tabatabai, Diana ^a   MacLellan, Anne Marie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

*communication; *internship and residency; Clinical competence *standards; Gynaecology *education; Obstetrics *education; Paediatrics *education; Surgery *education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 34247352950     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02722.x     Document Type: Article

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