Third year medical students perceptions towards learning communication skills: Implications for medical education

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Loureiro, Elizabete ^a   Severo, Milton ^a   Bettencourt, Paulo ^b   Ferreira, Maria Amélia ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Association rules; Communication skills; Perceptions; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STUDENT RELATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PORTUGAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 81555214444     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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