The advantages and challenges of unannounced standardized patient methodology to assess healthcare communication

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-324

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Rogers, Heather L ^a   Waller, Allison C ^a   Harris Haywood, Sonja ^b   Esptein, Ronald M ^c   Carrio, Francesc Borrell ^d   Gliva McConvey, Gayle ^e   Longo, Daniel R ^f  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Methodology; Simulated patients; Unannounced standardized patient

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; UNANNOUNCED STANDARDIZED PATIENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79951954570     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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