First-year medical students' assessment of their own communication skills: A video-based, open-ended approach

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Zick, Amanda ^a   Granieri, Michael ^a   Makoul, Gregory ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Medical education; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHICAGO; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34548484848     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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