The effect of communication skills training on residents' physiological arousal in a breaking bad news simulated task

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Meunier, Julie ^a,b,c   Merckaert, Isabelle ^a,c   Libert, Yves ^c   Delvaux, Nicole ^a,d   Etienne, Anne Marie ^e   Liénard, Aurore ^a,c   Bragard, Isabelle ^e   Marchal, Serge ^b   Reynaert, Christine ^f   Slachmuylder, Jean Louis ^b   Razavi, Darius ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Psycho oncology Center   (Belgium)

^c JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Cancer; Communication skills; Physiological arousal; Psychology; Training

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BREAKING BAD NEWS; CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84883227459     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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