Transferring clinical communication skills from the classroom to the clinical environment: Perceptions of a group of medical students in the United Kingdom

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1052-1059

  Brown, Jo ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953174570     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181dbf76f     Document Type: Article

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