Assessing communication quality of consultations in primary care: Initial reliability of the Global Consultation Rating Scale, based on the Calgary-Cambridge guide to the medical interview

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Burt, Jenni ^a   Abel, Gary ^a   Elmore, Natasha ^a   Campbell, John ^b   Roland, Martin ^a   Benson, John ^a   Silverman, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOBAL CONSULTATION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL BIAS; VIDEORECORDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84897565932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004339     Document Type: Article

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