Improving students' confidence levels in communicating with patients and introducing students to the importance of history taking

Radiography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-60

  Halkett, Georgia K B ^a,b   McKay, Janice ^b   Shaw, Therese ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Education; History taking; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COURSE CONTENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKSHOP;

EID: 78650518033     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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