Standardized patient-narrated web-based learning modules improve students' communication skills on a high-stakes clinical skills examination

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1374-1377

  Lee, Christina A ^a   Chang, Anna ^b,c   Chou, Calvin L ^b,c   Boscardin, Christy ^b   Hauer, Karen E ^b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical skills; communication; medical education; standardized patient

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY; WEB BASED STANDARDIZED PATIENT MODULE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80755133488     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1809-3     Document Type: Article

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