Use of Unstructured Parent Narratives to Evaluate Medical Student Competencies in Communication and Professionalism

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Liu, Gilbert C ^a   Harris, Mitchell A ^a   Keyton, Stacey A ^a   Frankel, Richard M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; medical student; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NARRATIVE; PARENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34248563759     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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