Evidence based management of acute bronchitis; sustained competence of enhanced communication skills acquisition in general practice

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-278

  Cals, Jochen W L ^a   Scheppers, Nicole A M ^a   Hopstaken, Rogier M ^a,b   Hood, Kerenza ^c   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a   Goettsch, Henk ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Antibiotics; Communication; Primary care; Respiratory tract infections; Simulated patients; Transcripts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35048860802     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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