Effects of lifeskills training on medical students' performance in dealing with complex clinical cases

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Campo, Ana E ^a,e   Williams, Virginia ^b,f   Williams, Redford B ^c,f   Segundo, Marisol A ^d   Lydston, David ^a   Weiss, Stephen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LifeSkills Inc

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Williams LifeSkills Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY; SKILL; VIGNETTE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249108670     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.32.3.188     Document Type: Article

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