Evaluation of a communication skills program for first-year medical students at the University of Toronto

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shapiro, Solomon M ^a   Lancee, William J ^a   Richards Bentley, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149104734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-11     Document Type: Article

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