A reflective practice intervention for professional development, reduced stress and improved patient care - A qualitative developmental evaluation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Lutz, Gabriele ^a,b   Scheffer, Christian ^a,b   Edelhaeuser, Friedrich ^a,b   Tauschel, Diethard ^a   Neumann, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Interpersonal skills; Lifelong learning; Medical education; Personal attitudes; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL REFLECTION TRAINING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRESS; STRESS REDUCTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; LIFELONG LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONAL ATTITUDES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84882242012     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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