Communication skills in standardized-patient assessment of final-year medical students: A psychometric study

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Guiton, Gretchen ^a   Hodgson, Carol S ^b   Delandshere, Ginett ^c   Wilkerson, Luann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication skills; generalizability theory; medical students; performance assessment; psychometrics; standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SKILL;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 4444222596     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000038174.87790.7b     Document Type: Article

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