Assessing clinical communication skills in physicians: Are the skills context specific or generalizable

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Baig, Lubna A ^a   Violato, Claudio ^b   Crutcher, Rodney A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 66649128120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-22     Document Type: Article

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