Improved competence after a palliative care course for internal medicine residents

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-368

  Mulder, S F ^a   Bleijenberg, G ^a   Verhagen, S C ^a   Stuyt, P M J ^a   Schijven, M P ^b   Tack, Cees J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competence; Knowledge test; Medical education; Palliative care; Residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65949097075     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308100250     Document Type: Article

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