Students' views on the use of real patients and simulated patients in undergraduate medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 958-963

  Bokken, Lonneke ^a   Rethans, Jan Joost ^a   Van Heurn, Lonneke ^a   Duvivier, Robbert ^a   Scherpbier, Albert ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEACHING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEEDBACK; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649783288     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a814a3     Document Type: Article

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