Effects of a course on ophthalmologist communication skills: A pilot study

Education for Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-171

  Vegni, Elena ^a   Moja, Egidio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Continuing medical education; Doctor patient relations; Ophthalmology; Patient centered medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4043117695     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280410001710987     Document Type: Article

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