Bridging the gap: How is integrating communication skills with medical content throughout the curriculum valued by students?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Van Weel Baumgarten, Evelyn ^a   Bolhuis, Sanneke ^a   Rosenbaum, Marcy ^b   Silverman, Jonathan ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Integrated communication skills training; Simulated patients; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872391020     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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