Improving general practitioners' interviewing skills in managing patients with depression and anxiety: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Wong, S Y S ^a   Cheung, A K Y ^a   Lee, A ^a   Cheung, N ^b   Leung, A ^a   Wong, W ^a   Chan, K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 35848949797     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590601050585     Document Type: Article

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