Attention to gender in communication skills assessment instruments in medical education: A review

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-248

  Dielissen, Patrick ^a   Bottema, Ben ^a   Verdonk, Petra ^b   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79551670397     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03876.x     Document Type: Article

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