Narrative medicine as a means of training medical students toward residency competencies

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-286

  Arntfield, Shannon L ^a   Slesar, Kristen ^b   Dickson, Jennifer ^c   Charon, Rita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Competencies; Medical education; Medical humanities; Narrative medicine; Physician patient relationship; Qualitative research; Values attitudes

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FOLLOW UP; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NARRATIVE; PATIENT CARE; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THINKING; CANADA; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NARRATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877039464     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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