The impact of simulated medical consultations on the empathy levels of students at one medical school

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 632-637

  Schweller, Marcelo ^a   Costa, Felipe Osorio ^a   Antônio, Maria Ângela R G M ^a   Amaral, Eliana M ^a   De Carvalho Filho, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897570729     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000175     Document Type: Article

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