Developing new dental communication skills assessment tools by including patients and other stakeholders

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1527-1541

  Wener, Mickey Emmons ^a   Schönwetter, Dieter J ^a   Mazurat, Nita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral sciences; Clinical education; Communication; Competency based education; Dental education; Dental hygiene education; Health communication; Patient satisfaction; Patient centered care; Patients; Therapeutic communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL STAFF; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 84855845609     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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