Vocational trainees' views and experiences regarding the learning and teaching of communication skills in general practice

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Van Nuland, Marc ^a   Thijs, Gabie ^b   Van Royen, Paul ^c   Van den Noortgate, Wim ^a   Goedhuys, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Domus Medica vzw ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Focus groups; General practice; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

EID: 70649100504     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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