Improving Surgical Residents' Performance on Written Assessments of Cultural Competency

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Krajewski, Aleksandra ^a   Rader, Christine ^a   Voytovich, Anthony ^a   Longo, Walter E ^b   Kozol, Robert A ^a   Chandawarkar, Rajiv Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME Outcomes Project; cultural competency; Interpersonal Communication Skills; Patient Care; Professionalism; transcultural health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL RETENTION; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49049101126     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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