Curtains up! Using forum theatre to rehearse the art of communication in healthcare education

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-142

  Middlewick, Yvonne ^a   Kettle, Trevor J ^a   Wilson, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Forum theatre; Healthcare; Higher education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; DRAMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING;

EID: 84859209672     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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