Assessment or medical communication skills by computer: Assessment method and student experiences

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 813-824

  Hulsman, R L ^a   Mollema, E D ^a   Hoos, A M ^a   De Haes, J C J M ^a   Donnison Speijer, J D ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*Communication; Computer aided instruction; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Educational measurement *standards; Physician patient relations; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAPE RECORDER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 4043094861     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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