The impact of a standardized patient program on student learning of communication skills

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rickles, Nathaniel M ^a   Tieu, Phuong ^a   Myers, Lindsay ^a   Galal, Suzanne ^a   Chung, Valerie ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; CURRICULUM; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY STUDENT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749109256     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj730104     Document Type: Article

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