Defining competency-based evaluation objectives in family medicine: Communication skills

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Laughlin, Tom ^a,b   Wetmore, Stephen ^c,d   Allen, Tim ^e,f   Brailovsky, Carlos ^e   Crichton, Tom ^g,h   Bethune, Cheri ⁱ   Donoff, Michel ^j,k   Lawrence, Kathrine ^f,l  

^a Moncton Medical Clinic   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Victoria Family Medical Centre   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^g City of Lakes Family Health Team   (Canada)

^h NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

ⁱ MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^k Royal Alexandra Family Medicine Centre   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 84860271760     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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