Learning clinical communication skills: Outcomes of a program for professional practitioners

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Carvalho, Irene P ^a   Pais, Vanessa G ^a   Almeida, Susana S ^a   Ribeiro Silva, Raquel ^a   Figueiredo Braga, Margarida ^a   Teles, Ana ^a   Castro Vale, Ivone ^a   Mota Cardoso, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Communication; Competence; Confidence; Health care providers; Quantitative methods; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL INTERVIEWING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79958707358     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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