Teaching communication and compassionate care skills: An innovative curriculum for pre-clerkship medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Shield, Renée R ^a   Tong, Iris ^a   Tomas, Maria ^a   Besdine, Richard W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79960676384     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.586748     Document Type: Article

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