The impact of assessing simulated bad news consultations on medical students' stress response and communication performance

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 943-950

  van Dulmen, Sandra ^a   Tromp, Fred ^b   Grosfeld, Frans ^c   ten Cate, Olle ^c   Bensing, Jozien ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Medical students; Salivary cortisol; Simulated visits; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMSTERDAM ATTITUDE AND COMMUNICATION SCALE; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GAZE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; ROTER INTERACTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36049015833     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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