Dental students' attitudes toward treating diverse patients: Effects of a cross-cultural patient-instructor program

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1128-1134

  Wagner, Julie ^a,b   Arteaga, Sarita ^a   D'Ambrosio, Joseph ^a   Hodge, Cynthia ^a   Ioannidou, Effie ^a   Pfeiffer, Carol A ^b,c   Reisine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culture; Dentistry; Diversity; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CONNECTICUT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 58149269620     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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