Accuracy of self-assessed Spanish fluency in medical students

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Reuland, Daniel S ^a   Frasier, Pamela Y ^a   Olson, Matthew D ^a   Slatt, Lisa M ^a   Aleman, Marco A ^a   Fernandez, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951681154     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330903228489     Document Type: Article

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