Determining the validity and reliability of clinical communication assessment tools for dental patients and students

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1276-1290

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral sciences; Clinical education; Communication; Dental education; Dental hygiene education; Dental students; Health communication; Health education; Patient dentist relationships; Patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TELEPHONE; TRUST; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TELEPHONE; TRUST;

EID: 84867517962     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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