Pediatric residents' competency in communicating bad news and eliciting spiritual needs: Development and evaluation of a skills-based curriculum

Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Attar, Mohammad A ^a   Hernandez, Mary E ^a   Mullan, Patricia B ^a   Tang, Tricia S ^a   Haftel, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; competency; palliative; pediatric residency evaluation; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TRAINING;

EID: 78650355104     PISSN: 19345798     EISSN: 18784429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NPM-2010-0113     Document Type: Article

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