Curricular disconnects in learning communication skills: What and how students learn about communication during clinical clerkships

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-90

  Rosenbaum, Marcy E ^a   Axelson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical communication skills; Clinical training; Faculty development; Hidden curriculum; Learning; Medical education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 84875376081     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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