Assessment of communication skills of surgical residents using the Social Skills Inventory

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-405

  Horwitz, Irwin B ^a   Horwitz, Sujin K ^b   Brandt, Mary L ^c   Brunicardi, F Charles ^c   Scott, Bradford G ^c   Awad, Samir S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME core competency; Communication; Leadership; Resident education; Social Skill Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SKILLS INVENTORY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY;

EID: 34547668731     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.039     Document Type: Article

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